Big Mamie

Title

Big Mamie

Artist

Larry Ferreira

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Big Mamie by Larry Ferreira
The USS Massachusetts, also known, as the "Big Mamie" is located on the waterfront in historic Fall River. Battleship Cove is one of Southeastern Massachusetts most popular tourist attractions. With its collection of military vessels of local, national, and international importance, the museum draws visitors from all over the world.

Explore the USS Massachusetts, the destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., submarine USS Lionfish, and PT Boats from the South Pacific, as well as the thrilling interactive Pearl Harbor Experience.

Battleship Cove was also the 5th most popular attraction in the state during the Highland Street Foundation's Free Fun Fridays!
The Museum is an unforgettable journey of discovery into our country's past and a learning experience, visitors will not soon forget.

The USS Massachusetts (BB-59), known as "Big Mamie" to her crew members during World War II, was a battleship of the second South Dakota class. She was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the sixth state, and one of two ships of her class (along with her sister Alabama) to be donated for use as a museum ship. Massachusetts has the distinction of having fired the US Navy's first and last 16-in (406 mm) shells of the war.
During World War II Massachusetts was initially assigned to duty in the Atlantic Fleet, and exchanged shots with the Vichy French battleship Jean Bart during Operation Torch. Transferred to the Pacific fleet in 1943, Massachusetts participated in the Solomon Islands campaign and the Philippines Campaign, and in the latter campaign took part in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. In 1945 she was one of several ships assigned to shell targets on Honshū, the largest of the Japanese Home Islands. Following the end of World War II, Massachusetts was involved in routine operations off the US coast and eventually reassigned to the Atlantic fleet. Decommissioned in 1947, she was laid up in the reserve fleet at Norfolk, Virginia until stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1962.
In an effort to spare the battleship from scrapping, citizens of Massachusetts pooled resources to raise money for her transfer to the Massachusetts Memorial Committee, and in 1965 the Navy formally donated the battleship to the committee. Massachusetts was towed to Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts, and formally opened as a museum ship on 14 August 1965.

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