USS Salem 4K Drone Experience! 

My former neighbor also passed in 2017. He was 94. He served most of the war aboard the battleship USS South Dakota

@@timothycook2917 Thank you for sharing - they are a part of the greatest generation. I have visited the sister ships of the USS South Dakota - USS Alabama and USS Massachusetts - Nice ships and museums. Take care!

Fish Squish Guy This video was done quite a bit ago compared to my current skill set and of course quality of Drone I want to film her again but would like to do so with permission and or staff knowing ahead of time so I can get different shots but I still think this video holds up as an education piece :-) thank you for the info on her - I live in Plymouth and always loved visiting her. If you enjoy this video please check out my historic ship playlist featuring a few other local celebrity ships as well as ships from across the country :)

I volunteer on Massachusetts, Im not sure what you mean by gutted? Mostly all her equipment is in place besides Engineering parts they took for Iowa class reactivation in the 80's.

Aaron Morse no problem feel free to check out my other warship videos like the USS New Jersey and Massachusetts

Oh I did! They're awesome too! :) Check out the project if you'd like www.flickr.com/photos/31693825@N07/albums/72157678361193432

Done and done!

That's impressive, Aaron. Well done!

I’m wondering the same, why not put this ship over where the Massachusetts is

I am not sure about that. Technically, Russian 1144 project ships is a heavy cruisers too.

I would argue that it’s the last heavy cruiser that was all guns no missiles etc. :-)

Very true

The last all-gun heavy cruiser

Its not in bad condition

Its not bad right now. But if you think this is bad, look at photos of Salem before her re-paint/restoration in 1999/2000.

As a volunteer aboard the USS Salem, we once were in worst shape but did receive a major paint job back in 1999. We maintain as best we can with our limited volunteer crew, about 3% of original ship's complement. Ship's company used to run about 1500.

Agree with you, these sort of things should be better preserved. Here in England, all of our Battleships and Heavy Cruisers have been sold by the government for scrap. We give away over 14.4 billion pounds in foreign aid, yet cannot spare the mere thousands it would have taken to moor and preserve them. You're lucky you have a society that values your history over a quick pay-cheque.

was she just abandoned there?

Patrick Bateman What about HMS Belfast? That's a light cruiser. And I know a couple of WWII Royal Navy Subs and destroyers have survived as well.

I hope

indeed :(

I better place for her to be is Battleship Cove. Massachusetts herself and two other WWII museum ships reside there. Having Salem there will be huge

we have a group of volunteers working on it, but we are few...

Qapla!

apiece ofdirt secret ship

When the film "Battle of the River Plate" was filmed. Salem as what you said got to play as Graf Spee in this movie. Sure the 2 never fought but one playing the other is nice. It's great we got a ship who stared as the enemy and is now surviving as a museum. I wonder if Salem will appear in more movies maybe a fictional story about her. Who knows but nice to see somebody who was able to recognise the Salem as the german Panzerschiffe who wreak havoc down in South America and was put down by her own captain.

It's a little outdated. Sure it has auto-loading main guns, but guns aren't as advanced as modern weaponry. Plus, ships rarely go toe-to-toe in Naval combat these days. Generally, it's Carrier power and escorting the Carrier. They'd have to basically rebuild her to change all of that.

Sure, give it nuclear power,delete main guns aft and give hera railgun, keep 4 5 inch turrets,replace forward turret at the bow with vls, keep one 8 in turret up front and replace two 76mm mounts with ciws, add torpedoes , sonar and lazer ciws later for taste and keep the armor belt/ upgrade your electronics and build more of her.

she isn't going out to the Sea plus its Outdated they no longer make Heavy Cruisers so i don't think she can go out at sea

@@jamesjohnson-jd4ic take a look at the USS NEW JERSERY IT WILL COST TOO MUCH MONEY TO UPGRADE HER.WITH MISSILES AND CWIS GUNS.AND BESIDE THE THE SHIP IS OBSOLETE.THAT IS WHY ALL OF THE IOWAS CLASS BATTLE SHIPS ARE DECOMMISSIONED.WHAT IT TOOK FOR NEW JERSEY WITH THE NEW STYLE WEAPONS MOUNTED ON HER.IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CHEAPER TO BUILD A NEW WAR SHIP.LET ALONE TO MANED A SHIP LIKE THAT OR THE USS SALEM.

well step up then, we're all right behind you !