USS Massachusetts BB-59

USS Massachusetts BB-59
Land	Verenigde staten
Type	Battleship
Foto	Vladimir Yakubov
Zoek	Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
Beschrijving	Album 676 foto ' s walk-around "USS Massachusetts BB-59"

Foto galerij van een 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. 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.