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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 ...
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 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.
The use of real ships allows the film to pay particular attention to detail even though Admiral Graf Spee was portrayed by the American heavy cruiser USS Salem, which mounted 3" smaller main guns, is considerably greater in tonnage, 100' longer, and quite visually distinct (in bow, shearline, and having two forward triple turrets instead of the ...
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USS Salem (CS-3/CL-3), Scout Cruiser No. 3, was a Chester-class scout cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship named for the city of Salem, Massachusetts. [4] Salem was laid down on 28 August 1905, by the Fore River Shipyard; launched on 27 July 1907, sponsored by Mrs. Lorna Pinnock; and commissioned on 1 August 1908. [5]