Battleship Massachusetts
Big Mamie at the Battleship Cove in Fall River, Ma
USS Massachusetts BB 59
USS Massachusetts (BB-59), known as Big Mamie to her crewmembers during World War II, was a battleship of the second South Dakota class
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USS Massachusetts BB59 in WW2
Tribute to the US Navy battleship USS MASSACHUSETTS BB59 and her world war 2 service with music Sing Sing Sing by Benny Goodman. All images and music are copyright their respective owners.
USS Massachusetts On Deck
USS Massachusetts On Deck (SC) - Squadron Signal Books - SS26011
Affectionately known to her crew as 'Big Mamie,' the 35,000-ton battleship USS Massachusetts was the third South Dakota-class battleship authorized. Launched in September 1941, at Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, she was rushed to completion following Pearl Harbor and was commissioned on 12 May 1942. Armed with nine 16-inch guns, 20 five-inch guns, and numerous smaller weapons, she was one of the most formidable battleships in the world at the time. Massachusetts participated in one of the few battleship vs. battleship actions in WWII, when she fired upon the Vichy battleship Jean Bart at Casablanca. Massachusetts silenced the French warship with seven 16-inch hits. Moving to the Pacific in early 1943, her big guns shelled Japanese shore installations, while her burgeoning antiaircraft battery was employed to protect aircraft carriers. Despite earning an impressive 11 battle stars, none of her crew were killed in action. Massachusetts was laid up in the reserve from 1947. In 1962 the ship was stricken from the Navy list, seemingly destined for the scrap yard. Citizens of her namesake state and former crewmembers rallied to save the ship, raising the funds to have her preserved as a museum in Fall River. This book documents the warship through an impressive collection of images and data tables revealing the ship the ship and how it functioned as a fighting machine as well as a home to her almost 1,800-man crew. Illustrated with 286 photographs, and color profiles; 96 pages.
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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.
Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts
Battleship Cove is a maritime heritage museum preserving the world's largest collection of historic naval ships. Visit five National Historic Landmarks and the Commonwealth's official veterans' memorials for World War II, the Korean, Vietnam, Persian Gulf Wars and 9/11 attacks on America.
5 Water Street, Fall River, MA 02721
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USS Massachusetts (BB-59) Frozen in ice
USS Massachusetts (BB-59), 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 (along with her sister Alabama) to be donated for use as a museum ship. Massachusetts has the distinction of having fired the US Navy's first and last 16-in (406 mm) shells of the war
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 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 honour of the sixth state. Massachusetts has the distinction of having fired the US Navy’s first and last 16-in (406 mm) shells of the war.
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USS Massachusetts (BB-59) & USS Enterprise (CV-6) Air Attack, 04/1945 (full)
Freely downloadable at the Internet Archive, where I first uploaded it. United States Naval Photographic Center film # 11060. National Archives description This film shows activities on board the USS Massachusetts (BB-59), the fleet under an air attack, and survivors of an air sea rescue. The USS Enterprise (CV-6) is also shown in this film.
Battleship Massachusetts FIRES 5 Guns (1080/60p) - Memorial Day 2013
Most of the shots from the Memorial Day 21 gun salute. With some 120 fps - 480 fps slow motion.
Activities Aboard the USS Massachusetts
This film shows activities on board the USS Massachusetts (BB-59), the fleet under an air attack, and survivors of an air sea rescue. The USS Enterprise (CV-6) is also shown in this film.
Date: ca. 1947 - 1980
Creators: Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center. 9/18/1947- ? (Most Recent)
From: Series: Moving Images Relating to Military Activities, ca. 1947 1941 - 1980 2004
Record Group 428: General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1941 - 2004
localIdentifier: 428-NPC-11060
naId: 2439903
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USS Massachusetts (BB-59)
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. Massachusetts has the distinction of having fired the US Navy's first and last 16-in shells of the war.
During World War II Massachusetts was initially assigned to duty in the Atlantic Fleet during which she successfully crippled the Vichy French battleship Jean Bart in a gun duel during Operation Torch. Transferred to the Pacific fleet in 1943, Massachusetts participated in the Solomon Islands campaign and the Philippines Campaign, and in the latter campaign took part in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. In 1945 she was one of several ships assigned to shell targets on Honshū, the largest of the Japanese Home Islands. Following the end of World War II, Massachusetts was involved in routine operations off the US coast and eventually reassigned to the Atlantic fleet. Decommissioned in 1947, she was laid up in the reserve fleet at Norfolk, Virginia until stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1962.
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New US Citizens USS Massachusetts 8/23/2013
30 Bristol County residents, including 8 clients of Catholic Social Services' Citizenship Services Program, take the Oath of Citizenship on the USS Massachusetts in Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
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Diving the USS Massachusetts
Dive Pros Open Water Dive Students, Jessica & Luke finish up their certification Dive on the USS Massachusetts surrounded by tons of bait fish, Spanish Mackeral, Kingfish a 200lb Goliath Grouper, a nurse shark and great viz..
BB59 USS MASS including areas closed to public
A photo tour of the USS Massachusetts with areas that are closed to the public, some permanently. We will see the barbette in side the 16 inch turret where the powder was moved from the magazines to the lifts up to the guns, tour Flag Plot where the Admiral would control the task group. Also see shaft alley in the bowels of the ship.