USS Massachusetts

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battleship, Bethlehem Steel, Fore River Shipyard, museum ship, Operation Torch, preserved watercraft, South Dakota-class battleship, United States, United States Navy, beam: 32.7 metre, draft: 8.9 metre, length: 210 metre, 9 cannon, 
See also USS Massachusetts (1893)

• Massachusetts Historical Commission entry^@
• National Register of Historic Places entry^@
• Freebase entry^@
• Google Maps entry^@
• Drachinifel article^@
• Naval Vessel Register^@
  

Location: 41.706, -71.163, KML, Maps

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1942-11-08T00:00:00Z

Operation Torch

1939-07-20T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1942-05-12T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1947-03-27T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1941-09-23T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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BC-CoveNBridge1d

Bombardment of Kamaishi, Japan, 14 July 1945 - 80-G-490143

Bombardment of Kamaishi, Japan, 14 July 1945 - 80-G-K-6035

Ebeye island being shelled in 1944

Japanese battleship Nagato seen from USS Massachusetts (BB-59) 1945

MassKamaichi

OS2U returning to USS Massachusetts (BB-59) 1944

Targets on Nauru island burning in December 1943

USS Massachusetts BB-59 5-12-1942 Boston Harbor

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) San Diego (CL-53) and San Juan (CL-54) at Fore River Shipyard 1941

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) after launch at Fore River 1941

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) at Casco Bay 1943

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is towed to Fall River in 1965

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) launch 1941

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) leaving Fore River Shipyard 1942

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) off Casablanca 1942

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) opens fire on Kaimaishi on 9 August 1945 (80-G-339333)

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) transferres personnel to Garrad (APA-84) 1945

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) underway c1944

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) underway in 1944

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) - 80-G-303478

Wikivoyage banner Bombardment of Kamaishi

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Massachusetts Historical Commission entry@			Wikidata
link		National Register of Historic Places entry@			Wikidata
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Google Maps entry@			Wikidata
link		Drachinifel article@			Wikidata
link		Naval Vessel Register@			Wikidata
conflict	1942	Operation Torch			Wikidata
incident	1939	keel laying			Wikidata
incident	1942	ship commissioning			Wikidata
incident	1947	ship decommissioning			Wikidata
incident	1941	ship launching			Wikidata
vessel		Hiddensee	United States Navy, German Navy, corvette, museum ship, East German Navy, preserved watercraft		Wikidata
vessel		PT 796	museum ship, preserved watercraft, United States Navy, PT boat		Wikidata
vessel		PT-617	museum ship, preserved watercraft, United States Navy, motor torpedo boat		Wikidata
vessel		USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.	destroyer, United States Navy, museum ship, preserved watercraft		Wikidata
vessel		USS Lionfish	preserved watercraft, attack submarine, United States Navy		Wikidata
base		Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center	naval base, United States Navy		Wikidata
base		Naval Air Station Quonset Point	naval air station		Wikidata
base		Naval Station Newport	United States Navy, military base		Wikidata
base		Quonset Point Air National Guard Station	military base, naval air station		Wikidata
fort		Acushnet Fort	fort		Wikidata
fort		Barneys Joy Point Military Reservation	fort		Wikidata
fort		Butler Point Military Reservation	fort		Wikidata
fort		Camp Varnum	fort		Wikidata
fort		Fort Adams	fort, tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort		Fort Church	fort		Wikidata
fort		Fort Getty	fort		Wikidata
fort		Fort Kearny	fort		Wikidata
fort		Fort Phoenix	fort		Wikidata
fort		Fort Rodman	historic district, artillery fort		Wikidata
fort		Fort Wetherill	fort, tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort		Fort Wolcott	fort		Wikidata
fort		Russell Garrison	ruins, fort		Wikidata
image		BC-CoveNBridge1d			Wikimedia
image		Bombardment of Kamaishi, Japan, 14 July 1945 - 80-G-490143			Wikimedia
image		Bombardment of Kamaishi, Japan, 14 July 1945 - 80-G-K-6035			Wikimedia
image	1944	Ebeye island being shelled in 1944			Wikimedia
image		Japanese battleship Nagato seen from USS Massachusetts (BB-59) 1945			Wikimedia
image		MassKamaichi			Wikimedia
image	1944	OS2U returning to USS Massachusetts (BB-59) 1944			Wikimedia
image	1943	Targets on Nauru island burning in December 1943			Wikimedia
image		USS Massachusetts BB-59 5-12-1942 Boston Harbor			Wikimedia
image	1941	USS Massachusetts (BB-59) San Diego (CL-53) and San Juan (CL-54) at Fore River Shipyard 1941			Wikimedia
image	1941	USS Massachusetts (BB-59) after launch at Fore River 1941			Wikimedia
image	1943	USS Massachusetts (BB-59) at Casco Bay 1943			Wikimedia
image		USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is towed to Fall River in 1965			Wikimedia
image	1941	USS Massachusetts (BB-59) launch 1941			Wikimedia
image	1942	USS Massachusetts (BB-59) leaving Fore River Shipyard 1942			Wikimedia
image	1942	USS Massachusetts (BB-59) off Casablanca 1942			Wikimedia
image		USS Massachusetts (BB-59) opens fire on Kaimaishi on 9 August 1945 (80-G-339333)			Wikimedia
image		USS Massachusetts (BB-59) transferres personnel to Garrad (APA-84) 1945			Wikimedia
image		USS Massachusetts (BB-59) underway c1944			Wikimedia
image	1942	USS Massachusetts (BB-59) underway in 1944			Wikimedia
image		USS Massachusetts (BB-59) - 80-G-303478			Wikimedia
image		Wikivoyage banner Bombardment of Kamaishi			Wikimedia

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