Hi everyone, glad this video got so much traction! I keep seeing a lot of comments in regard to other cruisers that are preserved today. I just wanted to make a note: Salem is the only preserved Heavy Cruiser left, not the only cruiser preserved in the world. There are a number of cruisers of different types (armored, light, etc) that are out there, examples like HMS Belfast, the Averof in Greece, USS Little Rock and USS Olympia.
It's awful how poorly that ship has been maintained. Just from that clip alone, I can tell that it desperately needs to be repainted on the waterline, the wood decking is badly rotted, and even the paint on the upper deck is showing clear signs of rust. Before it becomes a USS The Sullivans situation, they really need to secure further funding to bring her back to shape. Otherwise she may be involuntarily destined for the scrap heap, which would be an enormous tragedy.
Agreed, she needs some work. I just think she doesn’t get as much love as the museum battleships, but we have to thank her crew and volunteers for their continuous work! Hopefully one day she’ll get a new paint job and deck to help her looks
@@svgproductions72 Hopefully! Though for me the bigger concern is her buoyancy; unlike the Sullivans, if she were to sink at her moorings, she'd very likely be a write-off, because being such a large (and relatively unarmoured) ship, she'd break her back way more easily. :(
@@TheEDFLegacy I understand that, I watched the Sullivans incident happen and was upset about it, we will just have to hope the same thing doesn’t happen to the Salem
Pointless to keep her afloat. Either completely bring her onto land and do a multi-million dollar restoration (who is going to pay for that?) And then built a shed around her to keep her out of the elements. Or just take out the oil tanks and sink her to create a new reef or just have her scrapped. I like the "reef" idea better because it helps ocean life and divers can still dive the ship.
Massachusetts has a very impressive Museum Fleet, The South Dakaota Class USS Massachusetts, Guided Missile Cruiser Joseph P. Kennedy, Fletcher Class Destroyer USS Cassin Young, 1 WWII Era submarine, an East German Tarantul Class Missile Boat, the National PT Boat Museum and The USS Salem. The Salem is the least visited, yet still the largest of them all.
I visited her a few years ago! It was the first time I’ve visited a battleship. I didn’t know about Salem until I heard about her on the Battleship New Jersey RUclips channel
Massachusetts is the only preserved American battleship to sink, or even come into contact with an enemy battleship. She is also the only preserved American battleship to sink, or even come into contact with something larger than a destroyer
@@AcePilotX2 During the battle of Casablanca, Massachusetts engaged the Nazi controlled French battleship Jean Bart, and sank her in port. She also sank around 1-2 light cruisers and a 2 destroyers. Most American battleships encountered a destroyer or two at the most.
I visited USS Salem a couple of weeks back. I was really impressed. I have visited a variety of battleships, carriers, destroyers an subs. What USS Salem did best was the tour guides. They had volunteers that took each group coming aboard on a tour. No other museum ship I have been to offered free personalized tours. Definitely visit if you get the chance.
Unfortunately I didn’t get a tour while I was there, I roamed the ship by myself. A tour would have given me a lot more insight on the history of the ship
@@svgproductions72It is a Des Moines Class Cruiser. The only one left. They have there own RUclips Channel & video of the inside when the guns are in action. For history of the ship check not just their RUclips channel but also look for "Des Moines Class/ Drachinifel" on RUclips as well. Drachinifel has a huge array of "5 minute guides to War Ships" & a huge array of different technologies at different times in war ships pre-1950's. Actually, I didn't know I was a fan of war ships until I found Drachinifel's RUclips Channel! He started it as a hobby over 5 years ago. After he lost his full time job(I think due to Covid) he has started making the channel his full time job. And he covers a vast amount of subjects, battles, technologies & war ships. Even going back in time to the age of sail & the technologies of that time. And he frequently has WW2 historians and other historians depending on the subject & their area of expertise.
Not at all. The Des Moines class is the follow-on to the Baltimore and Oregon City classes of heavy cruisers, and is the ultimate heavy cruiser design. No relationship to battleships at all, different roles.
I was just there yesterday and got an amazing tour from Jim including all sorts of hidden areas like the hangar and fire control room. What a great guy!
I have been here numerous times and even stayed overnight a few times. It is crazy how much of the ship is open to explore compared to other museum ships like the Missouri or the Intrepid
I spent the night on that ship several times in Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. A great ship. I joined the Navy at 23. I still work for the Navy, 19 years later.
I did not know that this was available in Boston. I have been to the Battleship Massachusetts museum almost 50 years ago. But I’ve always wanted to see one of these cruisers.
Been there done that. I was happy to visit the Salem since I’ve been on basically every basic ship type except a cruiser. I think the Buffalo is up in NY if I ever wanna visit a light cruiser too. And Massachusetts is my favorite museum ship because I’ve been visiting her my entire life.
I remember her. My old science teacher served aboard and took us out on the occasional field trip to visit the Salem. Glad to see she's still seaworthy.
Given that that the railgun concept failed, this is honestly unlikely. Missiles are simply far more versatile and have ten times the range. It'd be amazing, but still.
@@Cailus3542 Yeah but you can shoot down missiles and rockets, and that'll only get easier. Sometimes, Old Fashioned still has a place. Don't know if an Aegis Class Defense System can take down a good old fashioned Shell, since there's no rocket signature to speak of on it
@@Cailus3542 yeah but slugging lead down range is way cheaper than an expensive high tech missiles. You can make 500 shells with same amount of money that one missle would take
I believe that she is only one of three remaining post dreadnaught era cruisers, aside the US Cleveland class light cruiser Little Rock, and the UK Town/Edinburgh class light cruiser Belfast
I served on the Heavy Cruiser, USS Newport News CA 148 on its 2nd Vietnam deployment. Great ship and good memories. There were 3 Heavy Cruisers with 8” rapid fire guns all of the same class. The DeMoines, the Newport News and the Salem. Only the USS Salem is left. On board the USS Salem is a memorial to the 20+ sailors killed on board the USS Newport News on its 3rd Vietnam deployment by an exploding 8” shell in turret 2. RIP
My grandfather served on the Salem in the Korean War time. Almost 15 years ago before he died he took me to see the ship and it was closed that day and when the security guard saw the USS Salem hat my grandfather was wearing he said I’m opening this ship for you and he gave us a private tour. It one of the best experiences of my life.
Back in the early 90’s she was birthed in a mothball fleet at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. I was just out of college and worked at the base. I loved walking past her and the Des Moines. I knew guys who inspected them in Phila and they said they were both in excellent shape at the time
When museum people visited from Quincy, the Des Moines was offered first. When the director saw that Salem was in much better shape (far less scavenging) he asked for Salem instead.
Even though I love American battleships and cruisers, I’ve always had a soft spot for the British KGVs and Queen Elizabeths! Shame none were saved at all
Thanks for that, I was focusing on aircraft but love all of this stuff, there’s a pretty big naval museum where I live so I’ll drop by there soon for another video
More like sink into the mud and roll over because her lower hull is flooded and rotted to the point she'd collapse under her own weight in dry berth just like Texas, the last dreadnaught that fight in both world wars and the battle of Jutland. No money to preserve these amazing machines that secured peace for generations and brought to heel the violence of the axis.
What beautiful ships, it’s a shame none of those were saved.. but I understand they weren’t unfortunately. Also, a big thank you to your father for his service to our country!
I’ve been to the USS Salem and she needs better maintenance, but I loved seeing her, believe it or not the South Dakota class are very short for there size, both USS North Carolina and USS Washington are longer than them, the North Carolina class were also longer than the Des Moines class
I wish there were still an Alaska around. They looked like baby Iowas, which themselves were my favorite BBs and looked better than every other BB ever except the Bismarcks and the Vittorio Venetos
Lots of museum ships on the east coast to visit! If you like battleships, be sure to check out the USS Massachusetts, USS New Jersey and USS North Carolina
the USS Salem was also used as the german pocket battleship Graf Spee in the 1954 Movie The Battle Of River Plate which saw her flimed along side the Achilles one of the leander class light crusiers in the real battle. the USS Salem looks pretty wreid in the movie however as she was very different to the Graf Spee pocket battleship.
@@svgproductions72 they took him about 15 years ago right before he died, he was shot in the knee in Korea from a fighter and lost his leg later in life after 4 knee replacements. I would love to go see the ship and see his station and all.
Fun fact: that shell next to the ticket booth and gang way isn’t an 8in shell or even a 16in. It’s taller than I am, weighs more than my car, and I can stand up inside it almost. It’s a 46cm shell. I heard that and I go “but there’s only one ship class that ever used anything that big…” “Yeah, that’s from a Yamato class battleship.”
I love the badass history of the USS Massachusetts (BB-59). From initially being made under treaties to prevent an arms race (practically everyone agrees to not make their sh&t overpowered asf) before ww2. And as a consequence, it among other South Dakota class battleships had to compete against literal Japanese and Nazi (and French early in war) dreadnoughts armed to the teeth with the best guns, armor and speed made solely for war. But what makes the USS Massachusetts so special is that during its entire use during ww2. Not one soul on board was lost in combat. Its the ultimate form of going into not just a gun fight, but several gunfights time and time again with a knife and coming out a consecutively flawless victor. Not even a hair on your head being lost.
I don't know if they do it anymore. But years ago they did a haunted house aboard the ship, where you could travel through the ship from bow to stern. It was a fun experience for the whole family, so I hope it's still going on.
Unfortunately no. The volunteer run Haunted Ship was replaced by the commercially run Ghost Ship Harbor, and they went out of business years ago. Paranormal adventures are done on board year round
Agreed, I’ve always loved the look of pre-war and World War II naval vessels over the more contemporary designs. A great mix of the two is the Iowas after conversions in the 80s!
The Zumwalt literally can't fire rounds. The rounds that they are designed to fire are way too expensive to fire. She's just a glorified target practice dummy. I would also take this over the Zumwalt any day as well
@@leaaronsanchez oh, I read your comment wrong, I though you said you were the gunner of her sister ship not that you work for the gunner of her sister ship, my bad
Hi everyone, glad this video got so much traction! I keep seeing a lot of comments in regard to other cruisers that are preserved today. I just wanted to make a note: Salem is the only preserved Heavy Cruiser left, not the only cruiser preserved in the world. There are a number of cruisers of different types (armored, light, etc) that are out there, examples like HMS Belfast, the Averof in Greece, USS Little Rock and USS Olympia.
I love ww2 warships, i just wish there was a practical contemporary use for them beyond preserving the memories of the past.
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We rendezvous with the Salem in the Mediterranean, she was a beauty if I'm not mistaken she was our sister ship,uss Des Moines.
Excuse me, you don't seem to know wether it's 8, 9 inch or 9 ,8 inch guns
@@gurjeetsingh-gd1wr hi, it’s 9 8-inch guns on this ship
It's awful how poorly that ship has been maintained. Just from that clip alone, I can tell that it desperately needs to be repainted on the waterline, the wood decking is badly rotted, and even the paint on the upper deck is showing clear signs of rust.
Before it becomes a USS The Sullivans situation, they really need to secure further funding to bring her back to shape. Otherwise she may be involuntarily destined for the scrap heap, which would be an enormous tragedy.
Agreed, she needs some work. I just think she doesn’t get as much love as the museum battleships, but we have to thank her crew and volunteers for their continuous work! Hopefully one day she’ll get a new paint job and deck to help her looks
@@svgproductions72 Hopefully! Though for me the bigger concern is her buoyancy; unlike the Sullivans, if she were to sink at her moorings, she'd very likely be a write-off, because being such a large (and relatively unarmoured) ship, she'd break her back way more easily. :(
@@TheEDFLegacy I understand that, I watched the Sullivans incident happen and was upset about it, we will just have to hope the same thing doesn’t happen to the Salem
It's amazing how much it costs to drydock a ship. A go fund me would be a great way to start. Far better than all these panhandlers.
I went there years ago and a AA battery was fully rusted
For all the people who served in the Navy, respect and restoration of this ship is deserved.
Maintaining these ships not only preserves history but represents the service and spirit of the many who crewed them.
Pointless to keep her afloat. Either completely bring her onto land and do a multi-million dollar restoration (who is going to pay for that?) And then built a shed around her to keep her out of the elements. Or just take out the oil tanks and sink her to create a new reef or just have her scrapped. I like the "reef" idea better because it helps ocean life and divers can still dive the ship.
Massachusetts has a very impressive Museum Fleet, The South Dakaota Class USS Massachusetts, Guided Missile Cruiser Joseph P. Kennedy, Fletcher Class Destroyer USS Cassin Young, 1 WWII Era submarine, an East German Tarantul Class Missile Boat, the National PT Boat Museum and The USS Salem. The Salem is the least visited, yet still the largest of them all.
I visited her a few years ago! It was the first time I’ve visited a battleship. I didn’t know about Salem until I heard about her on the Battleship New Jersey RUclips channel
Massachusetts is the only preserved American battleship to sink, or even come into contact with an enemy battleship. She is also the only preserved American battleship to sink, or even come into contact with something larger than a destroyer
@@svgproductions72 That's so cool. She's my favorite US battleship of all time
@@metaknight115 what do u mean sink?
@@AcePilotX2 During the battle of Casablanca, Massachusetts engaged the Nazi controlled French battleship Jean Bart, and sank her in port. She also sank around 1-2 light cruisers and a 2 destroyers. Most American battleships encountered a destroyer or two at the most.
I visited USS Salem a couple of weeks back. I was really impressed. I have visited a variety of battleships, carriers, destroyers an subs. What USS Salem did best was the tour guides. They had volunteers that took each group coming aboard on a tour. No other museum ship I have been to offered free personalized tours. Definitely visit if you get the chance.
Unfortunately I didn’t get a tour while I was there, I roamed the ship by myself. A tour would have given me a lot more insight on the history of the ship
@@svgproductions72 Freely roaming sounds like a dream honestly.
Toured the USS Lexington, beautiful ship❤❤❤ carriers are awesome too❤❤
@@svgproductions72It is a Des Moines Class Cruiser. The only one left. They have there own RUclips Channel & video of the inside when the guns are in action. For history of the ship check not just their RUclips channel but also look for "Des Moines Class/ Drachinifel" on RUclips as well. Drachinifel has a huge array of "5 minute guides to War Ships" & a huge array of different technologies at different times in war ships pre-1950's. Actually, I didn't know I was a fan of war ships until I found Drachinifel's RUclips Channel! He started it as a hobby over 5 years ago. After he lost his full time job(I think due to Covid) he has started making the channel his full time job. And he covers a vast amount of subjects, battles, technologies & war ships. Even going back in time to the age of sail & the technologies of that time. And he frequently has WW2 historians and other historians depending on the subject & their area of expertise.
Now that's a battle ship
Well cruiser
Nah it's not a BB though
I would love to visit her. I didn't even know that there were any heavy cruisers left. This former sailor thanks you for posting this video!
You’re welcome Jon! And thank you for your service
“What do you need son?”
We need to borrow your boat!
proceed to drift that ship to dodge some bullets
@@ignaciosindhu6779TOKYO DRIFT DAT MOFO
🤩 Battleships vibes 🤩
We had a brass model of one in the lobby at the COs building in San Diego that was very beautiful and impressive
And she was a movie star...
She played the KMS GRAF SPEE in the movie "battle of the river plate"
I live 5 minutes from the ship and been on it a few times, AMAZING
Next time you visit the ol girl see if you can get them to clean her up a bit. She deserves as much
It really annoys me that Britain preserved almost none of the big older warships.
Agreed! Would have been great to see a King George V class or even a Queen Elizabeth like Warspite
@@svgproductions72 absolutely
@@svgproductions72 it blows my mind they didn't save the warspite considering its droves of achievements compared to the rest of the fleet.
@@ragingassassin6659 Warspite is legendary, what a shame.
She looks like a mini Iowa
Agreed, it really does!
Well Des Moines Class Cruisers was based in Iowa but smaller version in order to escort the carriers
Not at all. The Des Moines class is the follow-on to the Baltimore and Oregon City classes of heavy cruisers, and is the ultimate heavy cruiser design. No relationship to battleships at all, different roles.
I live 5 minutes away from the Salem. Always donate everytime i go.
That's one beautiful girl!! Glad to see she's still alive. Beautiful just plain beautiful!! Love those heavy cruisers.
I recently visited the USS Salem and had a incredible visit! A big shout out to the Chief & Jim for amazing tours of the ship!
I was just there yesterday and got an amazing tour from Jim including all sorts of hidden areas like the hangar and fire control room. What a great guy!
I have been here numerous times and even stayed overnight a few times. It is crazy how much of the ship is open to explore compared to other museum ships like the Missouri or the Intrepid
I live a 2 minute walk away and love my special ship, there’s also tons of models of ships and planes inside the ship
A film star too....played graf spee in battle of the river plate
I should have put that fact instead of it’s length what a great one I realized after the fact !
My dad's ship in the late 1950s . He was the Admirals writer.
I’m sure he’s got some great stories! Love to hear that he was a part of this ship’s history, thanks for the comment
I spent the night on that ship several times in Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts.
A great ship. I joined the Navy at 23. I still work for the Navy, 19 years later.
I've been aboard the Salem many times and each time I love it, thanks for doing a short on her and getting the word out there about her.
Wanted to spread the word!
@@svgproductions72 and you are spreading it well
Second only to the Alaska class in size *in US Naval service*
Thank you for pronouncing Des Moines correctly.
Salem and her sisters were pretty impressive.
They are truly beautiful ships.
Very interesting! I wish I'd known this when I visited Boston. Definitely going to visit the next time I'm there!!
Thanks for the comment, part of why I made this video was to spread awareness of this historic ship and hopefully get people to visit!
I did not know that this was available in Boston. I have been to the Battleship Massachusetts museum almost 50 years ago. But I’ve always wanted to see one of these cruisers.
Just south of Boston! The Massachusetts apparently is going through some overhaul so she’ll look pretty good soon enough
Been there done that. I was happy to visit the Salem since I’ve been on basically every basic ship type except a cruiser. I think the Buffalo is up in NY if I ever wanna visit a light cruiser too.
And Massachusetts is my favorite museum ship because I’ve been visiting her my entire life.
Damn that’s 72rpm of 8” shells ! That’s a lot of bang and boom per minute
She could really lay down some supporting fire!
I remember her. My old science teacher served aboard and took us out on the occasional field trip to visit the Salem.
Glad to see she's still seaworthy.
Artillery ships could be a thing again with more modern long range cannons with auto loaders and modern armor and engines.
Germany has mounted the turret from one of their panzerhaubitze2000 on a warship to test it. 155mm auto loading gun with 60km range.
Given that that the railgun concept failed, this is honestly unlikely. Missiles are simply far more versatile and have ten times the range. It'd be amazing, but still.
@@Cailus3542 missiles are about to peak in their role. Once that happens, defense will catch up
@@Cailus3542
Yeah but you can shoot down missiles and rockets, and that'll only get easier.
Sometimes, Old Fashioned still has a place. Don't know if an Aegis Class Defense System can take down a good old fashioned Shell, since there's no rocket signature to speak of on it
@@Cailus3542 yeah but slugging lead down range is way cheaper than an expensive high tech missiles. You can make 500 shells with same amount of money that one missle would take
The Sea Witch
Imagine her and the "Iowa" class ladies ( USS New Jersey, USS Missouri ( aka "mighty Mo") in battle together 🤔
A force to reckon with!
She's still beautiful to me
Des mones class 👌
Such a beautiful old lady!
The fast 8"s!
Man she’s a beauty
I believe that she is only one of three remaining post dreadnaught era cruisers, aside the US Cleveland class light cruiser Little Rock, and the UK Town/Edinburgh class light cruiser Belfast
Where is Galveston?
@@jeffpotipco736 I think they meant the Little Rock, it’s up in Buffalo NY sitting next to the destroyer USS The Sullivans
@@svgproductions72 Oh yes, that is what I meant.
@@svgproductions72 yes little rock is there.
She is not a dreadnought era but post WW2 built ship. The Cleveland class was 10 yr prior.
My grandad was on that ship! He Talked about her all the time. I Still Got his hat that says uss salem.
That’s amazing!
She's a beaut
I'm from New Hampshire I've been to the Salem the Massachusetts the lionfish the cassin young and constitution. Awesome stuff
I served on the Heavy Cruiser, USS Newport News CA 148 on its 2nd Vietnam deployment. Great ship and good memories. There were 3 Heavy Cruisers with 8” rapid fire guns all of the same class. The DeMoines, the Newport News and the Salem. Only the USS Salem is left. On board the USS Salem is a memorial to the 20+ sailors killed on board the USS Newport News on its 3rd Vietnam deployment by an exploding 8” shell in turret 2. RIP
Thank you for your service William! Thanks for the comment
@@svgproductions72 Thank you sir!🇺🇸
My grandfather served on the Salem in the Korean War time. Almost 15 years ago before he died he took me to see the ship and it was closed that day and when the security guard saw the USS Salem hat my grandfather was wearing he said I’m opening this ship for you and he gave us a private tour. It one of the best experiences of my life.
Back in the early 90’s she was birthed in a mothball fleet at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. I was just out of college and worked at the base. I loved walking past her and the Des Moines. I knew guys who inspected them in Phila and they said they were both in excellent shape at the time
When museum people visited from Quincy, the Des Moines was offered first. When the director saw that Salem was in much better shape (far less scavenging) he asked for Salem instead.
Damnit I was in Boston TWICE last summer and I had no idea or I’d have gone to see her!
I was a sailor aboard USS Salem's sister ship the USS Newport News (CA-148) these were the greatest cruiser class, ever built 1968-1970.
It’s a Beautiful class of ship! Thank you for your service!
i just can't believe how big she is!!!😳
Loved walking on those Teak Wood Decks. BZ to those Cruiser Sailors.
I saw her she was amazing
Beautiful 👍🇬🇧. I wish we kept some of our big ships
Even though I love American battleships and cruisers, I’ve always had a soft spot for the British KGVs and Queen Elizabeths! Shame none were saved at all
Warspite should have been preserved.
The actress who played Graf Spee in River of the River plate.
Btw, please do more ship content. My father was a sailor for 22 years, so I love hearing about ships again.
Thanks for that, I was focusing on aircraft but love all of this stuff, there’s a pretty big naval museum where I live so I’ll drop by there soon for another video
Awesome machine to see maybe one day God bless I'll get the chance to see such great history
I'm lucky enough to have been multiple times, it's absolutely worth visiting her
Need to visit this. Ive been on the Massachusetts at fall river but didnt even know about this
I see this regularly when picking up fertilizer right next door at NEFCO. It's really cool to see her
Nice - so sad to see what shape she is in.
Beautiful ship, thanks for showing it ! !
🙂😎👍
My father was stationed on a Baltimore class heavy cruiser.
We thank him for his service! What a beautiful class to be sailing on !
Saw ship not to long ago. Pretty cool. Hope bit more funding for upkeep. That said almost looks like a battleship lol
i went on this on my birthday this year
Hopefully, she will be around for a long time!
More like sink into the mud and roll over because her lower hull is flooded and rotted to the point she'd collapse under her own weight in dry berth just like Texas, the last dreadnaught that fight in both world wars and the battle of Jutland. No money to preserve these amazing machines that secured peace for generations and brought to heel the violence of the axis.
My grandfather was a plank owner on USS Louisville CA 28
Wow! Love the Northampton class, I hope you were able to hear some stories!
@@svgproductions72 his service on Louisville was all pre war. after that he transferred to sub duty. So not too many stories.
I flew over this yesterday and thought she was a BB. Awesome that I found this video - I was wondering which ship she was!
Just on looks, she could honestly pass as a BB, she was used as the German Admiral Graf Spee in a film once!
Wow, imagine getting hit with 72 of those rounds a min. That’s shits crazy an will f shit up
Cool !
I absolutely love battleships and ships with guns in general. I find them super interesting and incredibly impressive looking.
it now seems i have a birthday destination :D
i have to come from across the country though :(
They should have kept 1 Baltimore class heavy cruiser. My father was on the St. Paul
What beautiful ships, it’s a shame none of those were saved.. but I understand they weren’t unfortunately. Also, a big thank you to your father for his service to our country!
@@svgproductions72 thanks 👍🙏
I’ve been to the USS Salem and she needs better maintenance, but I loved seeing her, believe it or not the South Dakota class are very short for there size, both USS North Carolina and USS Washington are longer than them, the North Carolina class were also longer than the Des Moines class
I wish there were still an Alaska around. They looked like baby Iowas, which themselves were my favorite BBs and looked better than every other BB ever except the Bismarcks and the Vittorio Venetos
Favorite looking BB for me is the Roma actually, the Vittorio Venetos were beautiful ships!
@@svgproductions72 functionally crap but absolute stunners 😝
There is a heavy cruiser sitting in the Philadelphia ship yard.
Hi Joe, I’m curious, which ship are you referring to? I know the cruiser Olympia is in Philadelphia but she’s an Spanish American War era vessel
There are no cruisers of any type left except for the Salem and Olympia museums. All others have been scrapped
"Only heavy cruiser in existance"
Kirov: 😭
Lol, if I said just cruiser you could call me out! Kirov technically isn’t a heavy cruiser
@@svgproductions72 it's a battlecruiser, right?
Wasn't there a soviet Heavy from the 1950s that still around?
@@alistairdiren5790 Nope. Mikhail Kutuzov is light
So I live in Massachusetts and never knew about this
We goinggg on a field tripppp to my favorite fucking shippppp🤣
This video is educational and mind expanding.
my god it looks huge ;D
My dad served on this ship.
Beautiful
Looks like an awesome ship and looks like fun to go and see when I'm there in the US I might go and see it
Lots of museum ships on the east coast to visit! If you like battleships, be sure to check out the USS Massachusetts, USS New Jersey and USS North Carolina
My fav Modern Warship game ship
If she wasn’t in Massachusetts I would totally visit, but god that’s a long drive.
Don't forget the USS Massachusetts less than an hour away from there too
Yes she’s a great museum to visit! Plus there’s a few other vessels there and PT boats to cover everyone’s interests
the USS Salem was also used as the german pocket battleship Graf Spee in the 1954 Movie The Battle Of River Plate which saw her flimed along side the Achilles one of the leander class light crusiers in the real battle. the USS Salem looks pretty wreid in the movie however as she was very different to the Graf Spee pocket battleship.
Main guns ( 8inch ) were also capable of AA fire with their ( iirc ) 60° vertical maximum elevation.
I love us warships
My grandfather served on the Massachusetts, apparently his name is carved into the brig.
What an interesting story! I’d say go visit the ship and see if the carving is still there
@@svgproductions72 they took him about 15 years ago right before he died, he was shot in the knee in Korea from a fighter and lost his leg later in life after 4 knee replacements. I would love to go see the ship and see his station and all.
Nice.
Technically Averof in Athens is also a Heavy Cruiser but she's a Pre-Dreadnought period
Been there a few times! And the USS Constitution the Navy’s oldest and only wooden vessel left afloat! Plus the submarines in Fall River and Groton!
Fun fact: that shell next to the ticket booth and gang way isn’t an 8in shell or even a 16in. It’s taller than I am, weighs more than my car, and I can stand up inside it almost.
It’s a 46cm shell. I heard that and I go “but there’s only one ship class that ever used anything that big…”
“Yeah, that’s from a Yamato class battleship.”
The Alaska class were monsters
It’s a shame they didn’t get to see the service careers they deserved!
I’ve slept on this ship before
I love the badass history of the USS Massachusetts (BB-59).
From initially being made under treaties to prevent an arms race (practically everyone agrees to not make their sh&t overpowered asf) before ww2. And as a consequence, it among other South Dakota class battleships had to compete against literal Japanese and Nazi (and French early in war) dreadnoughts armed to the teeth with the best guns, armor and speed made solely for war.
But what makes the USS Massachusetts so special is that during its entire use during ww2. Not one soul on board was lost in combat.
Its the ultimate form of going into not just a gun fight, but several gunfights time and time again with a knife and coming out a consecutively flawless victor. Not even a hair on your head being lost.
Don't forget the cruiser USS Long Beach CGN-9. She was 721 feet long.
I don't know if they do it anymore. But years ago they did a haunted house aboard the ship, where you could travel through the ship from bow to stern. It was a fun experience for the whole family, so I hope it's still going on.
I think they still do it
Unfortunately no. The volunteer run Haunted Ship was replaced by the commercially run Ghost Ship Harbor, and they went out of business years ago. Paranormal adventures are done on board year round
I would love to visit this one only it is about 4000 miles from my home
Hopefully one day you can!
Nice
Ithink of alaskas more as battleships. Just petsonally. Love em
Interpretò l'Admiral Graff Spee nel film La Battaglia del Rio de la Plata
I would take this over the zumwald any day!! Just add missle cells!!!!!
Agreed, I’ve always loved the look of pre-war and World War II naval vessels over the more contemporary designs. A great mix of the two is the Iowas after conversions in the 80s!
The Zumwalt literally can't fire rounds. The rounds that they are designed to fire are way too expensive to fire. She's just a glorified target practice dummy. I would also take this over the Zumwalt any day as well
I work for the gunner of her sister ship, The U.S.S. Des Moines.
the USS des moines was scrapped in 2007, and was decomissioned in 1991, so either you're lying or used the wrong tense
@@middleman9596 I know that. He was stationed on it in 1952. he's 93 years old now
@@leaaronsanchez oh, I read your comment wrong, I though you said you were the gunner of her sister ship not that you work for the gunner of her sister ship, my bad