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Thomas W. Lawson, a seven-masted, steel-hull schooner, the only ship of her kind ever built. William L. Douglas , a six-masted, steel-hull collier Sankaty , a propeller-driven steamer that served as a ferry to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket and as a Canadian minelayer during World War II.
Fore River Shipyard was a shipyard owned by General Dynamics Corporation located on Weymouth Fore River in Braintree and Quincy, Massachusetts. It built hundreds of ships for the US Navy and other clients, including the first carrier USS Lexington, the battleship USS Massachusetts, and the submarine USS Octopus.
USS Salem is a heavy cruiser built at the Fore River Shipyard in 1945 and returned to Quincy in 1994 as a museum ship. The museum features exhibits on naval history, shipbuilding, Navy SEALs and the city of Salem.
USS Bainbridge was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the US Navy, the only ship of her class. She was named after Commodore William Bainbridge and served in the Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterranean, and Middle East from 1962 to 1996.
SS Manhattan was an oil tanker that became the first commercial ship to cross the Northwest Passage in 1969. Learn about its history, conversion, voyage, and impact on Arctic sovereignty and oil transport.
USS Salem (CA-139) is a Des Moines-class heavy cruiser completed for the United States Navy shortly after World War II and commissioned in 1949. The second ship of her class, she was the world's last heavy cruiser to enter service and is the last remaining.
USS Neosho was a fleet oiler of the United States Navy, in service from 1954 to the early 1990s. She supported naval operations in the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic, and participated in nuclear tests, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Dominican Republic intervention.
USS Quincy was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, named after the city of Quincy, Massachusetts. She participated in the invasions of Normandy and southern France in World War II, and was sunk by a kamikaze in 1945.