The post office is releasing a “Forever” stamp honoring the USS Missouri and timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the famed battleship’s commissioning on June 11, 1944.

“Thank you to the U.S. Postal Service for capturing with this Forever stamp the iconic image of the USS Missouri and the standing this legendary battleship will forever hold in world history,” said Michael Carr, president and CEO of the USS Missouri Memorial Association, the ship’s caretaker.

The “Mighty Mo” was the last battleship America ever commissioned. The 887-foot warship served as the site of Japan’s formal surrender on Sept. 2, 1945, in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II.

The stamp art depicts Missouri at sea level in the “dazzle” camouflage the vessel bore from commissioning until a refit in early 1945, according to the post office. The paint scheme was intended to cause enemy observers to misjudge the course, speed and size of the ship.

Officials from the Battleship Missouri Memorial, U.S. Postal Service and Navy will take part in a release ceremony on the battleship on June 11. Post office spokesman Duke Gonzales said the stamp will be available in Hawaii and nationwide on that date.

“We’ve already got a lot of interest across the country from people,” he said. A stamp like this “really resonates with a wider and deeper audience — people who have a military connection, people who are history buffs, people here in Hawaii of course too who feel a kinship to it. So I think this kind of stamp hits all of those bases.”

On Jan. 29, 1999, the battleship opened to the public as a memorial and museum in Pearl Harbor.