USS CA-139 Salem Abyss

= Actual = USS Salem (CA-139) is a Des Moines–class heavy cruiser, formerly commissioned in the United States Navy. The world's last all-gun heavy cruiser to enter commission, she is currently open to the public as a museum ship in Quincy, Massachusetts. Salem was laid down on 4 July 1945 by the Bethlehem Steel Co.'s Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Mass.; launched on 25 March 1947; sponsored by Miss Mary G. Coffey; and commissioned on 14 May 1949, Captain J. C. Daniel in command. Her main battery held the world's first automatic 8" guns and were the first 8" naval guns to use cased ammunition instead of shell and bag loading. After a visit to Salem, Mass., on 4 July 1949, Salem underwent three months of shakedown at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, between July and October 1949, followed by post-shakedown repairs at the Boston Navy Yard. She then made two cruises to Guantanamo in November and December 1949, and participated in maneuvers with the Atlantic Fleet in early 1950. In October 1994, Salem was returned to her birthplace in Quincy, Massachusetts where she is now a museum ship as part of the United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum. Salem also houses the USS Newport News Museum, The US Navy Cruiser Sailors Association Museum, and the US Navy SEALs Exhibit room. The ship is also purported to be haunted and was even featured on Ghost Hunters. 1949年5月，萨勒姆服役。就当时的情况来看，曾经能与美国重巡洋舰竞争的日本重巡洋舰已经全数沉入海底，而欧洲的国家很明显再没有实力建造和维护重巡洋舰了。 萨勒姆从出生开始就坐稳了最强重巡洋舰的位置，无奈的是，狡兔死，走狗烹，萨勒姆之后的姐妹舰建造计划全部被终止，而针对神风特攻设计的防空炮也陷入了性能过剩的困境中。不过在当时，重巡洋舰由于其相对经济的维护成本和运行成本而适合于担任旗舰一职。 萨勒姆虽然是得梅因级的二号舰，但却是最后服役的得梅因级。虽然开工比妹妹纽波特纽斯要早，萨勒姆的工期拖得更长，因此冗余也更多。 1986年，霍河造船厂关闭，美国海军计划保留一艘由霍河造船厂建造的舰船作为博物馆。原定保留的列克星敦于1990年以三百万美金的价格出售，并于1991年十一月除籍。而1994年八月，萨勒姆前往马萨诸塞州昆西市，并在其出生地成为博物馆舰。此时纽波特纽斯已经于前一年二月开始拆解。萨勒姆号在成为博物馆舰的同时也留了一部分舱室作为纽波特纽斯博物馆。2000年，萨勒姆进入南波士顿某干船坞进行翻新维修。在2006年得梅因号拆解后，萨勒姆成为了世界上最后的重巡洋舰，有相当数量的重巡洋舰的遗物被安放在萨勒姆上。 _______________________________________________________ US CA project's first work. It's clear that Salem is the last heavy cruiser on th