On 31 March 1992, USS Missouri (BB 63), the last active American battleship, was decommissioned, thus ending the era of the battleship. Missouri is now a museum ship at Pearl Harbor. She is shown here from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), as sailors man the rails onboard the carrier 7 June 2011. U.S. Navy photo 110607-N-OK922-425