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Tarn Stephanos
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Username: titanictarn
Post Number: 1850
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 2:17 am: | 
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The U.S.S Salem is forever tied up at her birthplace in Quincy MA- I have driven past the great ship many a time- but never went aboard- Did the U.S.S Salem ever distinguish herself in battle?
..The philosopy of Nome, meaning all....
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Michael H. Standart
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Username: mstandart
Post Number: 11906
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 5:05 am: |
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As far as I know, the USS Salem never saw combat, having spent her entire career in the Atlantic Fleet. Some links of interest:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/139/04139.htm
http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/cruisers/ca139.txt
http://www.uss-salem.org/index.htm
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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Tarn Stephanos
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Username: titanictarn
Post Number: 1858
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 9:14 am: |
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Thanks for the links Michael
regards
Tarn Stephanos
..The philosopy of Nome, meaning all....
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Dave Moran
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Username: gatchaman
Post Number: 194
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 5:00 pm: |
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Of course there was The Battle of the River Plate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_the_River_Plate_%28film%29 |
Michael H. Standart
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Username: mstandart
Post Number: 11915
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 4:29 am: |
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>>Of course there was The Battle of the River Plate.<<
Which of course, was only a movie where the Salem played the role of the Graf Spee. That's as close to any real combat that this ship ever got. The only ship of this class to see combat was the USS Newport News (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Newport_News_%28CA-148%29 ) which was used in for naval gunfire support missions during the Vietnam conflict.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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Jim Hathaway
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Username: compassrose
Post Number: 284
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 3:45 pm: |
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>>The only ship of this class to see combat was the USS Newport News<<
I remember her last deployment, her #2 turret had been deactivated and the middle gun removed and plated over- the result of a turret explosion.
Honjitsu tenki seiro naredomo nami takashi-...
Akiyama Saneyuki
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Michael H. Standart
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Username: mstandart
Post Number: 17233
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Monday, February 11, 2008 - 5:31 am: |
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The Newport News photopage can be viewed at http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/148/04148.htm There's one photo tumbnailed about halfway down which shows the interior of the turret after the accident.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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