At over 58,000 tons and just under 900 feet in length, Missouri was among the largest warships ever built, and she was the last American battleship to be constructed and the final one to be decommissioned.
early next decade australia will receive at least three advanced submarines in the first batch and american virginia class attack submarines and then a decade later followed by british designed submarines containing u.s. technology. and australia will follow that design to create its own vessels to be manufactured. and in the meantime u.s. submarines like the uss missouri will be allowed to rotate through australian ports. earlier we heard from the prime minister of australia and he commented on the historic nature of this deal. take a listen. the aukus agreement we confirm here in san diego represents the biggest single investment in australia s defense capability in all of our history. reporter: aukus officials say the submarines will not carry nuclear weapons and australia