Changes

Following local operations and battle group training in early 1987, the battleship got underway on 25 July for a western Pacific and Indian Ocean deployment. She stopped at Subic Bay in the [[Philippines]] before conducting an exercise with Singapore Navy units in mid-August. Transiting the Strait of Malacca on 25–26 August, Missouri sailed to the north Arabian Sea for operations with the ''Ranger'' (CV-61) battlegroup. The battleship operated in support of tanker convoy operations in the region for the next three months, pausing only for short port visits for maintenance at Masirah, Oman. After turnover on 24 November, Missouri steamed home via Diego Garcia, Fremantle, Sydney and Pearl Harbor, arriving at Long Beach on 19 January 1988.

Following local operations and battle group training in early 1987, the battleship got underway on 25 July for a western Pacific and Indian Ocean deployment. She stopped at Subic Bay in the [[Philippines]] before conducting an exercise with Singapore Navy units in mid-August. Transiting the Strait of Malacca on 25–26 August, Missouri sailed to the north Arabian Sea for operations with the ''Ranger'' (CV-61) battlegroup. The battleship operated in support of tanker convoy operations in the region for the next three months, pausing only for short port visits for maintenance at Masirah, Oman. After turnover on 24 November, Missouri steamed home via Diego Garcia, Fremantle, Sydney and Pearl Harbor, arriving at Long Beach on 19 January 1988.

In early March, the battleship visited Vancouver, [[British Columbia]], before shifting south to San Diego for gunnery, cruise missile and other war at sea evolutions. The crew also conducted the first Tomahawk cruise missile launch from the battleship on 25 May. Missouri then participated in Rim Pac '88, a large 40-ship multi-national exercise in Hawaiian waters in July, before spending the rest of the year conducting various inspections and readiness exercises out of Long Beach. After a dry dock maintenance period between February and April 1989, the battleship prepared for another deployment, and departed California for the western Pacific on 18 September. After a voyage north to the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, the battleship dropped down for exercises in Japanese and Korean waters, visiting the port of Pusan 21–25 October before returning home on 9 November. ''Missouri'' then conducted a short cruise to Mazatlan, Mexico, in early December.

In early March, the battleship visited Vancouver, [[British Columbia]], before shifting south to San Diego for gunnery, cruise missile and other war at sea evolutions. The crew also conducted the first [[Tomahawk cruise missile]] launch from the battleship on 25 May. Missouri then participated in Rim Pac '88, a large 40-ship multi-national exercise in Hawaiian waters in July, before spending the rest of the year conducting various inspections and readiness exercises out of Long Beach. After a dry dock maintenance period between February and April 1989, the battleship prepared for another deployment, and departed California for the western Pacific on 18 September. After a voyage north to the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, the battleship dropped down for exercises in Japanese and Korean waters, visiting the port of Pusan 21–25 October before returning home on 9 November. ''Missouri'' then conducted a short cruise to Mazatlan, Mexico, in early December.

==Desert Storm==

==Desert Storm==