Alabama: Civil War, 20; World War II, 136
Alabama: Great White Fleet, 60, 82
Aircraft carrier, 1–2, 82, 84, 96, 115, 138–39
Aleutian Islands, Battle of, 90
Alexandria, Louisiana, Battle of, 37, 39–44, 45–46
Almirante Tamandare, 103
Alvarado, Juan Bautista, 6
Anaconda Plan, 22
Anderson, Jack, 129
Annapolis. See U.S. Naval Academy
Arkansas: Civil War, 32–33, 46; World War II, 94
Arthur, Stanley, 133
Auckland, New Zealand, 69
Austrian Empire, 13–15, 48, 74
Ballistic missile submarine, 115–16, 120
Baron de Kalb, 33–36. See also St. Louis
Baton Rouge, 120
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 33, 35
Battleship, 1–2, 3, 48–49, 52–53, 58, 76, 82, 84, 94, 114–15
Benton, 28
Berliner Tageblatt, 60
Big Black River, 32
Bolivar, Simon (Great Liberator), 5, 94
Boonville, Missouri, 94
Bradshaw, Terry, 149
Breckinridge, John, 33
Brickner (gunner’s mate), 94
British Royal Navy, 3, 4, 7, 17, 54, 61, 69, 76, 100
Brooklyn: Civil War, 20
Brooklyn Navy Yard, 6, 94, 105
Brown, Isaac Newton, 32
Brown, William: fourth Missouri, 110–12
Buckner, Simon, 26
Bull Run, Battle of, 24
Bush, George H. W., 130, 132, 135–36, 151
Bush, George W., 150
Byrnes, James, 10
Caddo, 37
Cairo, 23, 28, 34, 36, 46, 122
Cairo, Illinois, Naval Base, 21–22, 24, 26, 28
Callaghan, William M.: World War II Missouri, 95, 99
Callao, Peru, 65
Campbell, Colin: World War II St. Louis, 90–91
Cape of Good Hope, 6, 103, 106
Carnahan, Mel, 140
Carney, James: last Missouri, 128
Carondelet, 23–24, 27–28, 31–32, 35, 39, 43, 46
Carter, Jonathan, 37–39, 41, 45
Carter, Ted, 141
Chandler, Ralph: first St. Louis, 15
Chapelle, Dickey, 123
Chase Hotel, 106
Cher, 129
Chesnesky, John: last Missouri, 129
Chillicothe, 34
Churchill, Winston: Iron Curtain Speech, 107, 110
Clam, Alfred: first Missouri, 10
Clark, Vern, 147
Clinton, Bill, 140
Coach—Truman Athletic Club, 108–9
Cole, Darrell Samuel, 94, 143–44
Columbia, Missouri, 144
Conestoga, 30
Congress, 6–7, 13, 17, 33, 44, 52–53, 83, 95, 112, 139
Connecticut: Great White Fleet, 58, 73
Constantinople, 15–16, 81. See also Istanbul
“Cotton-stealing association of the U.S. Navy,” 40
Cox, Robert E.: third Missouri, 54
Cushing, Caleb (minister to China), 1, 6, 7, 9, 10
Daniel Boone (SSBN-629), 2, 117–18
Davidson, John, 126
Davis, Charles Henry, 27–28, 31, 33, 45
“Dear Abby,” 129
Dennison, Robert: fourth Missouri, 109
Dewey, George: Civil War, 35; Spanish-American War, 50, 52, 71
Dewey, Thomas, 104
Donnel, Forrest C., 95
Donnelly, Phil M., 106
Doolittle, Jimmy, 96
Doyle, Robert: third Missouri, 67
Dreadnought (1875), 48, 53; (1906), 76
Duble, John: of Conestoga, 30
Eads, James, B., 21, 33, 36–39, 46, 51, 53, 122
Eastport, 40
Eberle, Edward, 82
Edsall, Warner R.: Missouri in Korea, 114
Eisenhower, Dwight, 114
Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics, 118
Ellet, Charles, 28
Emory, William, 63
Enterprise, 84
Ewing, Francis, 34
F/A-18 fighter-bomber, 142, 150
Farragut, David, 12, 27, 31, 32–34, 37, 47
Fauntleroy, Charles M., 38
Fitzhugh, W. E., 45
Fitz Roy, Robert, 12
Flat River, Missouri, 94, 106, 143
Fletcher, C. Paul, 10
Foote, Andrew Hull, 23–24, 26, 33, 38
Forrest, French: Civil War, 18; first St. Louis, 6
Fort Jackson, 27
Fort St. Phillip, 27
Forty-Eighters, 13
Forty-Sixth Indiana Infantry Regiment, 29–30
Francis, Lakeina Monique, 148
Franklin, Ben, 3
Fulton, Missouri, 107
Fuqua, Samuel Glenn: Arizona at Pearl Harbor, 85–86
Gamarra, Augustín (Peruvian president), 5
Geier, 79
George C. Marshall, 120
Georgia: Great White Fleet, 71
Germany, 13, 55, 75–76, 78, 119
Gettysburg, Battle of, 36
Gibraltar, 1, 9, 10, 12, 74–75, 107
Glenn, John (astronaut, senator), 149
Gloucester, 134
Goodrich, Casper: St. Louis, 49–50
Grant, Ulysses S., 24, 26, 34–35, 37, 40, 45
Great White Fleet, 57–78, 81, 82, 107, 109, 127
Griggs, John: World War II St. Louis, 100
Guadalcanal, Battle of, 90, 143
Gunslingers, 142
Halsey, William F., 54, 68, 84, 87, 95, 100–101
Hampton Roads, Virginia, 5, 9, 54, 58
Hanford, Washington, 117
Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), 1, 139–42, 148–51
Hartford, 35
Hawaii, 48–49, 55, 68–69, 78, 84, 87, 112, 136
Heke, Honi, 12
Higginsville, Missouri, ix
Hillenkoetter, Roscoe, 106
Hope, Bob, 112
Hussein, Saddam, 119, 125, 130–31, 134–35, 150
Illinois: Great White Fleet, 74
Independence, 138
Independence, Missouri, 95
Ingraham, Duncan: Civil War, 17–18; first St. Louis, 14–17
Iowa, 94, 100, 112, 114, 125, 129
Ishino, Setsuo, 97
Island Number 10, 26
Istanbul, 107, 127. See also Constantinople
Iwo Jima, Battle of, 94, 96, 143
Jackson, Andrew, 6
Jackson, Claiborne, 21
James Madison, 120
Japan: hostility toward, 49, 55–58, 63–64, 66, 69–70, 72
Jefferson, Thomas, 4
Jefferson City (SSN-759), 2, 119–20, 151
Jefferson City, Missouri, 126
Jewel (singer), 149
Joint Stand-off Weapon, 150
Jones, John Paul, 3
Kaiss, Lee: last Missouri, 126, 129, 136–37
KAL–107, 125
Kansas City (AOR-3), 131
Kearny, Lawrence, 7
Kearsarge: Great White Fleet, 58
Kennedy, John F., 116
Kentucky: Great White Fleet, 58
Kid Rock, 147
Kimmel, Husband, 68
Knox, 123
Kolombangara, Battle of, 91
Kossuth, Lajos, 13
Kossuth, Missouri, 13
Kuwait War (1990–1991), 119, 130–35
Laddonia, Missouri, 85
LaFuente, General (Peruvian vice president), 5
Lewis, John, 136
Lexington, 82
Leyte Gulf, Battle of, 91–92, 96
Lincoln, Abraham, 21, 24, 36, 41
Litton/Ingalls Shipyard, 143
Long Beach, California, 66, 114, 125, 127, 135–37
Louisiana, 32
Louisville: Civil War, 23–24, 28, 35, 39, 43, 46; World War I, 80
“Lucky Lou,” 87, 91, 103. See also St. Louis
Lusitania, 78
Lyon, Caleb, 15
Macao, 20
MacArthur, Douglas, 88, 91, 101–2, 112
MacArthur, James D., Jr., 148
McDaniel, Zedekiah, 34
McDonnell Douglas, 142
McKeever, Isaac: first St. Louis, 12
Magic Carpet, 103
Maine: Great White Fleet, 52, 60, 66
Mallory, Stephen, 18, 20, 36–37, 39, 45
Manassas, 32
Manila Bay, Battle of, 35, 50–52, 64, 71–72, 74
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 117
Mayaguez, 124
Medal of Honor, x, 54, 86, 94, 143–44
Mekong River delta, 122
Merriam, Greenlief: third Missouri, 59, 67
Meyerkord, Harold Dale, 122–23
“Mighty Mo,” 151. See also Missouri
Mikasa, 73
Miller, Doris “Dorie”: at Pearl Harbor, 106
Minnesota: Great White Fleet, 60, 66
Mississippi: Confederate, 32
Mississippi: sistership to first Missouri, 7–11, 13, 27, 35, 38, 50, 101
Mississippi River Defense Fleet, 27
Missouri: Confederate, 37–41, 45–46
Missouri: first, 1–2, 6–12, 75
Missouri: last (BB-63), x, 1–2, 10, 94–103, 104–15, 125–29, 130–38
Missouri: third (BB-11), ix–x, 48, 52–55, 59–61, 63, 66, 67–68, 70, 72–76, 78, 81, 82, 83, 95
Missouri, University of, ix–x, 123
Mitchell, Billy, 82
Mitscher, Marc, 96
Molokai, Hawaii: Leper colony, 68, 127
Monroe Doctrine, 48
Monssen, Mons: third Missouri, 54
Montt, Pedro (Chilean president), 65
Morrison, Charles H.: World War II St. Louis, 83
Mound City, 23, 28–30, 35, 39, 43, 46
Murray, Stuart: World War II Missouri, 101, 104, 106
National Geographic, 123
Nautilus, 115
New Falls River, 41
New Jersey: Great White Fleet, 82; World War II, 94, 96, 114, 129
Newport News Shipyard, 54, 83, 118–19, 139
Newton, John T: first Missouri, 6, 9; first St. Louis, 6
New York Herald, 56
New York Navy Yard, 7
New York Times, 141
Norfolk Naval Shipyard/Base, 18, 110, 142, 144, 147–48, 150–51
North Carolina, 126
Ohio: Great White Fleet, 52, 60, 66, 74, 78
Operation Eagle Pull, 124
Operation Frequent Wind, 124
Operation Market Time, 131
Palmyra, Missouri, 136
Panama Canal, 48, 57, 78–79, 94, 96, 127
Pardo, Jose (Peruvian president), 65
Pascagoula, Mississippi, 143, 147–48
Patrol Boat River (PBR), 121, 123
Pearl Harbor, 1, 68, 79–80, 82, 84–88, 90, 99, 106, 126, 136–37, 140
Pennsylvania Naval Militia, 49
Pensacola, Florida, Naval Base, 6, 18, 20, 54
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 7, 101
Persian Gulf tanker war, 125, 127–28
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 49, 80–81, 103
Pittsburg, 23–24, 27, 34–35, 39, 43, 46
Pittsburgh, 100
Plum Run Bend, Battle of, 27–28
“Ponto,” 24
Pook, Samuel, 22
“Pook’s turtles,” 23
Porter, David Dixon, 27, 30, 33, 35–37, 39–44, 46, 47–48, 122
Port Hudson, Louisiana, 33, 35–36, 38, 50
Potomac River, 8
Predator unmanned aerial vehicle, 147
President Coolidge, 88
Queen Liliuokalani, 69
Quezon, Manuel, 88
Ranger, 138
Red River Squadron, 39
Rhode Island: Great White Fleet, 72
Rickover, Hyman, 138
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 62–64, 109, 126
River gunboat, 2, 22–23, 122–23
Roberts, Ralph H.: World War II St. Louis, 91–92
Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), 140
Rood, George: St. Louis at Pearl Harbor, 84, 86–87, 90
Roosevelt, Franklin, 83, 95, 99
Roosevelt, Theodore, 49, 56–60, 65, 68, 74–5
Russell, New Zealand, 12
St. Charles, Arkansas, Battle of, 29–30, 43
St. Joseph Lead Company, 106
St. Louis: Civil War, 21–24, 28–29, 33, 46, 51. See also Baron de Kalb
St. Louis: first, 1, 4–6, 6–12, 14–17, 18, 20–21, 33, 49, 74, 78, 151
St. Louis: World War I (CA-18), 78–81; World War II (CL-49), 1, 83–84, 86–88, 90–94, 143
St. Louis Democrat, 23
St. Louis Post–Dispatch, 136
Sampson, William, 52
San Diego, 65, 68, 80, 119, 124
San Francisco, 6, 18, 55–57, 60, 65–67, 78, 88, 90–91, 103, 117, 126, 137
San Francisco Chronicle, 56
San Pedro, California, 66, 123
Santa Barbara, California, 66
Santiago de Cuba, Battle of, 50–52, 64
Saratoga, 82
Sartorius, Sir George, 9
Schepke, Charles S.: third Missouri, 54
Schroeder, Seaton, 68
Schurz, Carl, 13
Schwarzkopf, Norman, 131–33, 135
Scott, Winfield, 21
von Schwarz, August, 15
Seagal, Steven: Under Siege, 136
Sea Isle City, 128
Semmes, Raphael, 20
Shenandoah: Civil War, 20
Sherman, William T., 34–35, 37
Shreveport, Louisiana, 37, 40–41, 45
Skelton, Ike (congressman), x, 137, 140
Sloat, John D.: first St. Louis, 4, 5
Smith, Kirby, 39
Sperry, Charles S., 69, 72–73, 75
Strait of Magellan, 64, 67. See also Cape Horn
Suez Canal, 57, 60, 65, 74, 107, 127
Sutton, John: first Missouri, 10
Sydney, Australia, 70–71, 127, 129
Tennessee, 32
Thimble Shoals, 111
Thomas, Charles, 60, 63, 65–66
Tilghman, Lloyd, 24
Tito, Josef, 109
Tokyo, Japan, 63, 72, 95–96, 101–2, 104
Tomahawk cruise missile, 118, 120, 125–26, 132–33, 143, 151
“Torpedo” mines, 20, 34, 36, 46
Triton, 117
Truman, Harry S., 95, 99, 100, 104–5, 107–9, 114, 126, 140–41, 149
Truman, Margaret, 95, 104, 109–10, 112, 140
Tyler, 32
Undersea cable, 50
Usama bin Laden, 145
U.S. Army: Department of the Tennessee, 34; Mississippi Ram Fleet, 28; Mississippi River Gunboat Flotilla, 23–24, 26, 27, 31
U.S. Naval Academy, 78, 95, 101, 106, 110, 114
U.S. Navy: Atlantic Fleet, 54, 58; East Indies Squadron, 6; European Squadron, 20, 81; Home Squadron, 17; Mediterranean Squadron, 17; Mississippi Squadron, 30, 33, 39–41, 45–46; Pacific Fleet, 78; Pacific Squadron, 5–6; South American Squadron, 13; West Indies Squadron, 6
Van Dorn, Earl, 32
Vermont: Great White Fleet, 58
Vernon County, Missouri, 44
Vicksburg, Battle of, 31–7, 39, 46, 51, 122
Vicksburg National Military Park, 34
Virginia: Civil War, 36
Virginia: Great White Fleet, 58, 82
Wake Island, 84
Walke, Henry, 29
Washington Navy Yard, 1, 4, 8, 52
Webb, 39
Webster, Daniel, 9
West Virginia, 106
Wichita, 131
Williams, William J.: first Missouri, 10
Wilson, Sir Robert T., 9
Wilson, Woodrow, 81
Wireless radio, 52, 60, 64–65, 75
Wisconsin, 94–96, 100, 114, 132–35, 138
Yangtze River Patrol Force, 103
Yazoo City, Mississippi, 36–37
Yorktown, 65; World War II, 87
Yorktown, Battle of, 3