United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum

The United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum is a private non-profit museum in featuring USS Salem, a heavy cruiser docked at the former Fore River Shipyard where she was laid down in 1945.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum ship in Quincy, Massachusetts
  • Address: 549 South Street, Quincy, MA 02169

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fore River Bridge and Fore River Generating Station.

Bridge
Photo: ArnoldReinhold, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The spans the Weymouth Fore River between and . The total length of the bridge including the approaches is 2,216 feet. is situated 1,500 feet northeast of United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum.

Power station
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The is a power plant operated by Calpine Corporation since 2014 alongside Weymouth Fore River in . is situated 1,900 feet east of United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum.

Public building
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a historic club house at Follett and Beechwood Streets in . It is a long 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with rectilinear eyebrow dormers on the water-facing roof. is situated 3,200 feet northwest of United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Germantown and Adams Shore.

Hamlet
is a primarily residential neighborhood in the city of . The neighborhood is located on a peninsula surrounded by Town River bay on the west and Rock Island Cove on the east.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood of . It is located on the shore of at the entrance to the Hough's Neck peninsula. It is bordered on the north by Quincy Bay, on the east by the Hough's Neck neighborhood, on the south by Town River Bay and on the west by the neighborhood. is situated 1½ miles northwest of United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum.

Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.
is in . was the birthplace of presidents John Adams and John Adams. United States Declaration of Independence signer and first Massachusetts governor John Hancock was also born here.

United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum

Latitude
42.24226° or 42° 14′ 32″ north
Longitude
-70.9717° or 70° 58′ 18″ west
Open location code
87JF62RH+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12056237786
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q14715894
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include USS Salem and Fore River Rotary.

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