Quincy, Massachusetts - USS Salem - From Mothballs to Museum
- Address:
- 739 Washington St., Quincy, MA
- Directions:
- On the south side of Hwy 3A/Washington St. on the east edge of town, just before the bridge into North Weymouth.
- Phone:
- 617-479-7900
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The ship was mothballed and sealed up in 1959, and towed back to the site of its construction in the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, MA a few years ago. When they opened it up to convert it into a Maritime Museum, they discovered half-written letters, clothes in the closets, and course information from its last trip still on the navigation boards.
It's a time capsule, some 2 1/2 football fields long. [Jesse Heindl, 07/06/2002]
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