Battleship Missouri Oahu Ceramic Art Tile

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.

Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.

The USS Missouri (BB-63) is moored at Pier Foxtrot 5 on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, on the south coast of Oahu, Hawaii. Visitors reach the ship by shuttle bus from the Pearl Harbor National Memorial Visitor Center; private vehicles cannot drive directly onto Ford Island.

The nickname dates to her launch in 1944 as one of the last Iowa-class battleships placed in active service. Sailors shortened Missouri to Mo, and Mighty Mo stuck. The name carries the ship's role as the place where the Second World War was formally ended.

The Instrument of Surrender of Japan was signed on the starboard veranda deck while the ship lay anchored in Tokyo Bay. General Douglas MacArthur signed for the Allied Powers and Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz signed for the United States. The ceremony lasted about twenty-three minutes.

The pairing is deliberate. The Arizona is where America's war began on December 7, 1941; the Missouri is where it ended on September 2, 1945. The two ships bookend the American chapter of the Second World War in the same harbour.

Yes. A brass plaque on the starboard veranda of the 01 level marks the exact spot on the teak deck where Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signed the Instrument of Surrender. The surrender deck is included in general admission and is the first stop most visitors make.

Yes, on April 11, 1945, off Okinawa. The aircraft struck the starboard side just below the main deck. Damage was minor and the ship stayed on station. Captain William Callaghan ordered the recovered remains of the Japanese pilot buried at sea with military honours the next day.

The ship was decommissioned for the second time in 1992 after service in the Persian Gulf War. She was towed from Bremerton, Washington to Pearl Harbor in 1998 and opened to the public as the Battleship Missouri Memorial on January 29, 1999.

It's been a meaningful gift for many of our customers with ties to the ship and the Pacific Fleet. The Mighty Mo is where the Second World War ended; the artwork carries that gravity. A Medium or Large works well in a study, and a Coaster Set carries the same image for someone with limited wall space.

The piece reads well in three settings: a traditional study with leather and dark wood, a coastal-modern room where harbour blues sit naturally, and a military-collector wall beside framed flags or service photographs. The grey steel and stained-glass blue work easily against warm wood and brass.

The piece sits in the Americana and military-history categories rather than chasing a current decorating trend. Pearl Harbor subjects hold their value with collectors because the subject matter does not date. A Large or 4-tile Mural reads as the centre of a themed wall.

Above a standard 84-inch sofa, a single Large centres well; a 4-tile Mural fills the wall more decisively. Above a console table, a Medium reads better, or two Coasters flanking a small framed photograph. The 9-tile Mural is meant for larger feature walls.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for any wet or vertical installation: showers, backsplashes, powder rooms. The Glossy finish is meant for framed wall pieces and display. The image and the colour live inside the surface either way.

A soft microfibre cloth and water are all the surface needs. No abrasive sponges, no household cleansers. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, beneath a thin glossy finish, so there is nothing to wear off in normal cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to the Wender Studios family in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Mighty Mo painting was made for the studio's atlas of places, and the ceramic art tile is hand-finished in-house. No licensed reference images are used.