FALL RIVER — For the first time in over 50 years, the name Massachusetts will be given to an active Navy vessel. The most recent iteration of the USS Massachusetts, the South Dakota-class battleship ...

FALL RIVER — More than 500,000 people lined the shores of Narragansett Bay and the Taunton River on June 12, 1965, to welcome the battleship USS Massachusetts to the South Coast. They were cheering ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: USS Massachusetts returned to the United States after the war, and decommissioned in 1947. It would remain in reserve for fifteen years. Fortunately, a group of veterans ...

There will soon be a new USS Massachusetts, and it could very well join the Navy right here in Boston if a growing movement has its way. "Having this elite new Navy submarine commissioned here at the ...

American Youth Hostels (AYH) has opened the first floating hostel in North America. The World War II battleship USS Massachusetts has been chartered to provide inexpensive accommodations at Fall River ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Virginia-class submarine USS Massachusetts was recently launched into the James River from HII Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS). According to a news release from HII, ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Massachusetts replied, silencing Jean Bart with five hits. Massachusetts and its escorts then opened fire on and sank a pair of destroyers. French shore batteries ...