USS Salem (CA 139) - Quincy MA - Military Ships and Submarines (Decommissioned) on Waymarking.com

Ordered by the US Navy on 14 June, 1943, USS Salem (CA 139) was laid down on 4 July, 1945 at the Bethlehem Steel Company's Quincy Yard in Quincy, MA and launched on 25 March, 1947. She was commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 14 May, 1949.

When USS Salem was decommissioned on 30 January, 1959 and joined the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Dwight D. Eisenhower was president of the United States

In October of 1994, Salem once again made her way north to her birthplace in Quincy, where she is now the centerpiece of the United States Naval and Shipbuilding Museum.

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Type of vessel: Heavy Cruiser ~ 7/4/1945~ Bethlehem Steel Company Admission? Cost?: 8.00 Parking Coordinates: N 42° 14.657 W 070° 58.214 Date: 01/01/1959 Hours of use: Not listed

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