Fall River, Massachusetts. Battleship Cove museum.
Battleship Cove Naval museum. Largest collection of WWII ships in the World. You can spend hours just touring the battleship. What glory it must have been to serve on these magnificent battle wagons.
The U.S.S.Massachusetts @ the battleship cove Fall River,Ma
The U.S.S.Massachusetts @ the battleship cove Fall River,Ma
Battleship Massachusetts
Big Mamie at the Battleship Cove in Fall River, Ma
U.S.S. Massachusetts. Battleship Cove. Fall River, MA.
I made a quick trip of walking around the outside of the phenomenal battle wagon. A true enforcer of Democracy.
This was taken in the Summer of 2016. To my surprise, there was not a crowd of people on board. You can view everything from the bottom of the battleship to the command bridge. This truly should be a National Monument.
Plan on spending a minimum of four hours, as there are many other ships and a submarine. Amazing that our dedicated U.S. Navy sailors, could work in such close quarters on the WWII submarine. Made me wanna watch Torpedo Run.
The galley area of the battleship...is immense. Dozens of ovens to cook fresh food for every sailor.
Take a look at the people, in the video, near the 16 inch guns. The size is incredible. And the guns were made at Watervliet Arsenal, in Albany, New York. America's oldest arsenal, which also has an outstanding museum.
As I toured the battleship, on my own, I came to the realization that the men who served on the USS Massachusetts, are truly the Greatest Generation.
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Battleship Cove - Fall River MA
Our trip to Battleship Cove! Brody was 8 months old!
Battleship Cove Fall River MA
Battleship Cove Fall River MA
Battleship Cove, Fall River Ma.
Explored June 3rd, 2018
Out and about adventuring and exploring and decided to stop at Battleship Cove and check out some old wartime relics of the sea. You just can’t put into words the complexity of these massive vessels. Magnificent and majestic in every aspect. Stop in, come aboard and let your imagination take off as you slip back in time to an era gone by. Happy Exploring ????????????????????
The largest vessel in the Battleship Cove fleet, the battleship USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is the centerpiece of the collection. Known as Big Mamie to her crewmembers during World War II, a battleship of the second South Dakota class, was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the sixth state. Her keel was laid down 20 July 1939 at the Fore River Shipyard of Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 23 September 1941 sponsored by Mrs. Charles Francis Adams III, and commissioned on 12 May 1942 at Boston, Massachusetts, with Captain Francis E.M. Whiting in command.
Massachusetts received eleven battle stars for World War II service and earned a reputation as a Work Horse of the Fleet. During World War II, no United States Navy personnel were killed in action while aboard Massachusetts. It is said that Big Mamie fired both the first US Navy 16-inch (406 mm) shells of World War II (at the Vichy French battleship Jean Bart in the Naval Battle of Casablanca during Operation Torch); and the last (at a Japanese steel works at Hamamatsu), hours before the war ended. USS Massachusetts is one of only eight United States battleships remaining of the many that were produced in the first half of the 20th century.
USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) is a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship was named after Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., a naval aviator, son of the former Ambassador to Britain Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and older brother of future President John F. Kennedy. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. is on display as a museum ship in Fall River, Massachusetts. Among the highlights of its service are the blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the afloat recovery teams for Gemini 6 and Gemini 7.
USS Lionfish (SS-298), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy named for the lionfish, a scorpaenoid fish found in the West Indies and the tropical Pacific. After completing her shakedown cruise off New England, she began her first war patrol in Japanese waters on 1 April 1945. Ten days later, she dodged two torpedoes fired by a Japanese submarine and on 1 May destroyed a Japanese schooner with her deck gun. After a rendezvous with the submarine USS Ray, she transported B-29 survivors to Saipan and then made her way to Midway Island for replenishment.
On 2 June she started her second war patrol, and on 10 July fired torpedoes at a surfaced Japanese submarine, after which Lionfish's crew heard explosions and observed smoke through their periscope. She subsequently fired on two more Japanese submarines and ended her second and last war patrol performing lifeguard duty (the rescue of downed fliers) off the coast of Japan. When hostilities ended on 15 August she headed for San Francisco and was decommissioned at Mare Island Navy Yard on 16 January 1946.
Lionfish was recommissioned on 31 January 1951, and headed for the East Coast for training cruises. After participating in NATO exercises and a Mediterranean cruise, she returned to the East Coast and was decommissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 15 December 1953. In 1960, the submarine was called to duty again, this time serving as a reserve training submarine at Providence, Rhode Island. In 1971, she was stricken from the Navy Register, and in 1973, she was unveiled for permanent display.
Hiddensee
Originally commissioned by the East German Navy as Rudolf Egelhofer, Hiddensee is a Tarantul-class corvette built at the Petrovsky Shipyard in 1984, located near the former Soviet (now Russian) city of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). An example of a Soviet-built missile corvette, Hiddensee was designed to oppose any naval threat to the East German coast, and to fulfill this mission carried long-range Styx anti-ship missiles and an array of defensive weapons designed to ensure her own survival.
Following the reunification of Germany, Hiddensee served with the Federal German Navy until her decommissioning in April 1991. Shortly thereafter she was reactivated and transferred to the U.S. Navy. Joined briefly by a crew of 20 former East German sailors, a small civilian U.S. crew conducted extensive testing with the vessel at the U.S. Navy's Solomons, Maryland facility in the Patuxent River. After 50 underway deployments in the Chesapeake Bay and Virginia Capes areas, Navy budget cutbacks severely curtailed operations, but she continued on as a research vessel until April 1996.
Hiddensee joined the Battleship Cove fleet in Fall River on June 14, 1997. She is moored on the port side of USS Lionfish.
Battle Ship Cove and The USS Massachusetts
Battle Ship Cove and The USS Massachusetts
Fall River, MA
Trip to Battleship New Jersey Museum & Memorial in Camden, New Jersey
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Little Theatre of Fall River presents U.S. Victory Canteen at Battleship Cove
Television spot for the special event on the fantail of the U.S.S. Massachusetts at Battleship Cove in Fall River MA on August 12 & 13, 2011.
Saving NN
Saving the USS Newport News. I am guessing that this video was made sometime in the eighties. And I was wondering if anyone knows anything about it.SS Newport News as a Museum
Naval Legends: USS Massachusetts | World of Warships
USS Massachusetts, known as Big Mamie to her crewmembers during World War II, was a battleship of the second South Dakota class. She was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the sixth state, and one of two ships of her class to be donated for use as a museum ship. Get the story on this brawling battlewagon!
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USS Cassin Young DD-793, Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
USS Cassin Young (DD-793), a fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Captain Cassin Young (1894--1942), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism at Pearl Harbor and killed in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Cassin Young (DD-793) was launched 12 September 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Corp., San Pedro, California; sponsored by Mrs. C. Young; and commissioned 31 December 1943, Commander E. T. Schrieber in command. After serving in World War II, including the Battle of Leyte and the Battle of Okinawa, Cassin Young continued in active service until 1960. She is preserved today as a memorial ship, berthed at Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, across from USS Constitution. Cassin Young arrived at Pearl Harbor 19 March 1944 to complete her training before sailing on to Manus, where she joined the massive Fast Carrier Task Force (then called TF 58, at other times called TF 38, depending on whether the overall organization was called 5th Fleet or 3rd Fleet). On 28 April, this force sortied for air attacks on Japanese strongholds at Truk, Woleai, Satawan, and Ponape, during which Cassin Young operated as picket ship, assigned to warn her group of possible enemy counterattack. She returned to Majuro, and then Pearl Harbor for further training before reporting to Eniwetok 11 June to join the screen of escort carriers assigned to covering duty in the invasion of Saipan 4 days later. In addition to radar picket and screening duty, she was also called upon for inshore fire support. As the battle for Saipan raged ashore, escort carriers of Cassin Young's group launched attacks on the island, as well as sorties to neutralize enemy air fields on Tinian, Rota, and Guam. Similar operations supporting the subsequent assaults on Tinian and Guam claimed the services of Cassin Young until 13 August, when she returned to Eniwetok to replenish. Between 29 August and 2 October 1944, Cassin Young guarded the carriers of Task Group 38.3 as strikes were flown from their decks to hit targets on Palau, Mindanao, and Luzon in support of the assault on the Palaus, stepping-stone to the Philippines. Only 4 days after her return from this mission to Ulithi, Cassin Young sailed on 6 October with the same force on duty in the accelerated schedule for the Philippines assault. First on the schedule were air strikes on Okinawa, Luzon, and Formosa; these led to the furious Formosa Air Battle of 10 to 13 October, during which the Japanese tried to destroy the carrier strength of the imposing TF 38. On 14 October, Reno was struck by a kamikaze, which wounded five of Cassin Young's men with machine gun fire. Cassin Young aided in shooting down several aircraft in this attack. On 18 October 1944, TF 38 took position east of Luzon to launch strikes immobilizing enemy air fields there in preparation for the assault on Leyte 2 days later. After standing by to render support if called upon during the initial landings, Cassin Young's group began to search for the enemy forces known to be moving toward Leyte Gulf on 23 October, and next day moved in toward San Bernardino Strait, ready to launch strikes. In the most vigorous and successful air attack mounted by the Japanese during the Leyte operation, at 09:38 on 24 October, an enemy bomb struck Princeton, and Cassin Young rejoined TG 38.3 for the dash northward to attack the Japanese Northern Force. This developed on 25 October into the Battle off Cape Engaño, a series of air strikes in which four Japanese carriers and a destroyer were sunk. Cassin Young continued operations in support of the Leyte conquest, as her carriers continued to range widely, striking at enemy bases on Okinawa, Formosa, and Luzon. With Ulithi as her base, the destroyer screened carriers through January 1945 as their aircraft pounded away at Formosa, Luzon, Camranh Bay, Hong Kong, Canton, and the Nansei Shoto in their support for the assault on Luzon. A brief overhaul at Ulithi prepared her for the operations supporting the invasion of Iwo Jima with air strikes on Honshū and Okinawa, the bombardment of Parece Vela, and screening off Iwo Jima itself during the initial assault on 19 February. Another brief respite at Ulithi preceded her deployment for the Okinawa operation, for which she sailed from Ulithi 22 March 1945. After screening heavy ships in the massive pre-invasion bombardment, Cassin Young moved inshore to support the activities of underwater demolition teams preparing the beaches. On invasion day itself, 1 April, the destroyer offered fire support in the assault areas, then took up radar picket duty. On 6 April, Cassin Young endured her first kamikaze attacks with which the Japanese gambled on defeating the Okinawa operation.
U.S.S. Lionfish. Battleship Cove Museum.
A quick tour from end-to-end, of the U.S.S. Lionfish submarine. The cramped quarters inside, made me respect those that served on the Lionfish. Not much room to maneuver and zero privacy.
The USS Lionfish, was commissioned on November 1, 1944. She actively saw combat against imperial Japan in the Pacific. Her last service to the United States, was as a training submarine for fresh submariners. The USS Lionfish was officially retired in 1971! Her commander was Lt. Cdr. Ed Spruance. Son of the famous Admiral Spruance, who commanded the last Battleship row, in the Leyte Gulf, Philippines, against the Japanese Navy.
Truly a marvel of engineering. And quite an honor to tour the inside of the U.S.S. Lionfish.
Battleship Cove - NE1PL Ships On The Air Weekend
Operating at Battleship Cove in Fall River Massachusetts.
It was a very windy day 15mph steady with 25mph gusts.
The guys did a great job operating.
Music is EWF September on of my favorite bands
USNS Fall River arrives in Kuching
The USNS Fall River from the United States of America arrived Kuching today (March 28, 2019) for the Pacific Partnership Exercise 2019.
The exercise is a collaboration with between Malaysian Armed Forces and the US Army, which is scheduled from March 30 to April 12, 2019.
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