Battleship Cove

Happy Flag Day AMERICA!

Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.

Photo taken of our National Ensign aboard USS Massachusetts BB-59!

See below for this unique event on MASSACHUSETTS' fantail that includes a US Coast Guard flyover. Admission is free for ceremony attendance only.

Blast from the past of Melville , RI, which is right around the corner from where Elco 617 and Higgins 796 sit today at the museum.

"The water's stiff"... PT-139 and the Navy Tug YT-186 at the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center (MTBSTC) in Melville, RI the winter of '42-'43. PT-139 is sporting the first Elco PT "Dazzle" Adaptor Scheme. Later she would star with PT-141 in the movie "They Were Expendable". PT Boat Museum's collection

61 years ago today, MASSACHUSETTS arrived in Fall River after an eighteen-year rest in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet in Portsmouth, VA and a four-day tow north. Stricken in 1962, her transfer from the Navy was made possible through the efforts of former crewmembers, business people, politicians, union groups, and most memorably, Massachusetts schoolchildren who contributed their nickels and dimes to bring the historic battleship home to her namesake state and place of birth. What followed was a furious effort to open “Big Mamie” for public visitation only two months later on August 14, 1965. And the rest, as they say, is history! Photo credit: USN 1111700

JPK gets alot of attention from her loyal volunteer crew!