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Volunteer Application

There are three ways to apply for volunteering:

1. Register with Volunteer Match and sign up or
2. Sign up your service club, school group or company to volunteer and make a difference on our ship (click to booking inquiry for volunteers) or
3. Complete volunteer application form below:

USS Missouri Online Volunteer Application

Questions that require an answer are marked with  *

First Name:         Middle Name:         Last Name:         Nickname:         Address       Street Address   Apt   City   State   Zip     Contact Info:       Home Phone   Business Phone   Alternate Phone/Type of Alternate Phone   E-Mail Address     Spouse         Emergency Contact Information:       Emergency Contact Name:   Relationship:   Phone:     Please let us know your availability:       Mornings Afternoons Evenings Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday     I am:     Employed Unemployed Retired     Please enter employer information below.       Occupation:   Employer's Name:   Employer's Phone:     My employer offers a time-off program for volunteers:     Yes No     My employer offers a donation matching program:     Yes No     Why are you interested in becoming a volunteer at the Missouri?         Do other family members volunteer at Missouri?     Yes No     If yes, what are their names?         Have you ever previously served as a volunteer with us?     Yes No     If yes, what years?         Do you volunteer for other organizations?     Yes No     If yes, where?         High School Graduate/GED     Yes No     Current College Student     Yes No     College Degree Received:         Trade or Business School     Yes No     Field of Study         Specialized Certificate     Yes No     Type         Volunteer Area Preference         Skills Inventory Please select all skills that you have for Physical Labor/ general Maintenance       Expert Moderate Novice Willing to Learn Wood working Welding High Spaces-tethered Painting Sanding Metal Work Brass Polish Sweeping Rope/fancy rope Rust removal Electrical Plumbing Mechanical Ship Radio Gardening Varnishing Events set-up/take-down Artist Painting     Tools I use:         Skills Inventory General Office / Computer Software       Expert Moderate Novice Willing to Learn Photocopying Typing Phones, single line Phones - Multiple Lines Bulk Mailings Sorting/Filing Materials Preparation Graphics/Desktop Publishing Clerical Project Management Data Entry/Word Processing Excel Spreadsheet Other Software Applications Web Design/Development PowerPoint Presentations Social Media     Skills Inventory Experience       Expert Moderate Novice Willing to Learn Teaching/Working With Children Grant Writing/Research Graphics Teaching/Working With Adults Public Speaking Media/Public Relations Event Assistance Newsletter Production     Other special experience/project (please describe what you propose):         Driver's License #/State of Issue       Number:   State of Issue:     Do you have a moving violation in the past three years?     Yes No     Do you have a moving violation in the past three years?     Yes No     Do you have a CPR & first aid certificate?     Yes No     Do you have access to Ford Island?     Yes No     References (If volunteering in education, please list children's or non-profit organization references.) Please provide 2 references from: Employer, former employer, coworker       Name:   Phone:     Friend or relative:     Name: Phone:     How Did You Learn About the Volunteer Opportunity?       Yes From Missouri Education Newsletter From Missouri Donor Newsletter From the Missouri Web Site From volunteermatch.org     From a Missouri Volunteer Please give name:         From a Missouri Staff Member Please give name:         From other source:         Certification and Acknowledgement NEEDS ADDITIONAL LANG inserted - too long     Yes, I certify     Have you ever been convicted of a felony (excluding any record or conviction that has been judicially sealed, expunged, eradicated, or dismissed?     Yes No     If yes, please explain:

• The USS Missouri is 108 feet 2 inches wide and built to traverse the Panama Canal which is 110 feet wide.
• Mary Margaret Truman, daughter of the then junior Senator Harry S. Truman, christened the USS Missouri on January 29, 1944.
• From its keel to the top of her mast, the USS Missouri is as tall as a 20-story building (209 feet 3 inches tall).
• Theoretical top speed for the USS Missouri is 33 knots or almost 40 miles per hour.
• The USS Missouri has never had a combat death aboard her decks.
• When the family of President Harry S. Truman was on board, they made it a practice to eat at least one meal a day with the crew in the Crew’s Mess.
• The USS Missouri has three gun turrets with three guns each.  The 16-inch guns were the largest ever installed on a Navy ship.
• The USS Missouri’s big guns are aimed based upon the commands of an analog computer first designed in the 1920s.
• Each gun weighs 230,000 pounds, or about as much as a space shuttle.
• Two guns together weigh about as much as a fully loaded Boeing 747.
• Each Navy battleship carried a detachment of Marines on board who were the ran the brig or jail.
• During World War II, the USS Missouri launched spotter seaplanes from two catapults on the stern of the ship.
• The USS Arizona and the USS Missouri are known as the “bookends” of America’s involvement in World War II.
• The USS Missouri now hosts several military ceremonies, including re-enlistments, retirements and change of command.
• The USS Missouri was truly the end of an era. She was the very last battleship of any nation to be decommissioned.
• Each turret of the USS Missouri was manned by 77 to 110 men working in the turret and on five decks below the turret.
• The USS Missouri crew earned three battle stars in World War II and five battle stars in the Korean War.
• Although it looks like one, the USS Missouri is no longer a Navy ship.  It is owned by the USS Missouri Memorial Association.
• The USS Missouri's four engine rooms can generate 212,000 horsepower moving forward and 44,000 going astern.
• Three former American Presidents have boarded the Battleship Missouri: Harry S. Truman, George H. W. Bush Sr. and George W. Bush, Jr.
• The total number of meals served during both active commissioning periods is approximately 40,615,000 meals.