From the shore of Pearl Harbor, a polite crowd of 50 people watched the USS Missouri’s mighty move this morning, many with cameras pressed to their faces as the dreadnought was pushed and pulled into drydock.

The view from the lawn of the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park was the best place for the public to see the Missouri's historic trip from its pier at Ford Island to the nearby Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. But it lasted barely 30 minutes as the great, gray warship slipped around a bend in the shoreline.
“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime occurence to see it moved,” said Dave Miller, a 62-year-old visitor from San Diego who arrived with his wife, Ruth, before sun-up.
Both served in the Navy.
“It’s important to us who served,” he said. “It’s important to us for history’s sake. It’s the last battleship.”
The Missouri hadn’t been moved since it arrived at Pearl Harbor and Pier Foxtrot 5 in June 1998. It will be in drydock for $18 million worth of repairs and upgrades.
Elizabeth Conklin, whose husband, Edward, was on board the Missouri for the move, grinned broadly as tug boats muscled the ship. Both she and her husband, who live near Diamond Head, were part of the army of volunteers who helped restore the battleship after it first arrived. He worked to restore the radio room while she replaced parts of the teak deck.
“I love to see these ships,” she said. “I’d be on her if I could. I’ve done some volunteer work on the on the Mo and I think she is way cool.”