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USS Salem (CA-139) is a Des Moines-class heavy cruiser completed for the United States Navy shortly after World War II and commissioned in 1949. The second ship of her class, she was the world's last heavy cruiser to enter service and is the last remaining.
The United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum is a private non-profit museum in Quincy, Massachusetts featuring USS Salem, a heavy cruiser docked at the former Fore River Shipyard where she was laid down in 1945. The museum was established in 1993, in response to efforts by local officials and volunteers to revive the shipyard area after ...
The USS Des Moines (CA-134) and USS Salem (CA-139) were decommissioned by 1961 but the USS Newport News (CA-148) served until 1975. The Salem is a museum ship in Quincy, Massachusetts (near Salem, Massachusetts, the ship's namesake); The Des Moines and Newport News were scrapped.
Description: The third USS Salem (CA-139) is a Des Moines-class heavy cruiser, formerly commissioned in the United States Navy. The world's last all-gun heavy cruiser to enter commission, she is currently open to the public as a museum ship in Quincy, Massachusetts.
USS Salem (CM-11) was the civilian vessel Joseph R. Parrott, used as a minelayer from 1942 to 1945 USS Salem (CA-139) is a heavy cruiser and museum ship in service from 1949 to 1959 List of ships with the same or similar names
The yard did continue to turn out war orders for the ships USS Des Moines (CA-134) and USS Salem (CA-139), the latter being the first ship in the Navy with air conditioning. The yard overhauled USS Ancon (AGC-4), SS Panama, and SS Cristobal of the Panama Railway Company. The yard ceased work until 1950 at the end of these conversions, with ...
USS Salem (CA-139) - United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum, Quincy, MA This page was last edited on 27 December 2024, at 05:22 (UTC). Text is available ...
English: The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Salem (CA-139) at Toulon, France, 18 June 1951. Date: 18 June 1951. Collection: Naval History & Heritage ...