USS Salem (CA-139) is the only preserved US Heavy Navy Cruiser. She was built by Bethlehem Steel Company's Quincy Yard in Quincy, MA and launched on 25 March, 1947. After she served a distinguished 10 year career as flagship of the US Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean and the Second Fleet in the Atlantic, she was decommissioned in 1959.In 1995 Salem was re-commissioned and returned to Quincy - this time as a member of the Historic Naval Ships Association as a museum.
This ship also is the location of the Haunted Ship in October.
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