USS SALEM CA-139
QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS
PHOTOS TAKEN ON 5/16/15 by JOHN GALLA

DEMOGRAPHICS

Class:  Des Moines Class Heavy Cruiser
Laid Down:  July 4, 1943
Launched:  March 22, 1947
Commissioned:  May 14, 1949
Decomissioned:  January 30, 1959
Length:  716 Feet
Top Speed:  33.5 knots
full load weight:  21,500 tons
compliment:  109 officers, 1,690 enlisted




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