Wicked Awesome History This Day - 1941

This day the USS Massachusetts and her 16 inch guns is launched from Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts.  The battleship saw action in both the Atlantic and Pacific campaigns during World War II. She was decommissioned in March 1947 and stricken from the Naval register in 1962. "Big Mamie",as she is also known, became a museum ship in 1965. Her home is now in Battleship cove in Fall River , Massachusetts and is a Memorial to those from the Bay State who gave their lives during World War 2. Is registered in the National Registry of Historic Places and designated as National Historic Landmark.

"Big Mamie " at her home in Fall River, Massachusetts.

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