Field Trip to Battleship Cove Fall River M.A. Part 1

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Published 2014-08-24
We take a little trip down to battleship cove.
In this video we board the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. a FRAM I modernized Gearing class destroyer, The USS Lionfish a Balao diesel/electric submarine, and the Hiddensee a Russian built Tarantul I class missile corvette that was part of the East German navy. Machine shop @ 4:19 Part 1 of 2

P.S. Sorry about the loud intro.

All Comments (17)
  • @bongo7654
    Nice video , lived the first 22 years of my life in Fall River , always nice to relive some fond memories . Thanks for posting .
  • @madaboutpix
    Thanks Halligan for sharing your trip with us!
  • @TheAnasazi1
    Reminds me of my Navy days aboard CV-59, Thanks!
  • @MintsFX
    I used to work there over the summer, last summer its a pretty good museum overall
  • @EminHVAC
    cool stuff brother. i was on a submarine out in long beach California. very cool stuff
  • @riff2072
    Was there last week, wicked cool place.
  • @DSCKy
    Yea, Keith could chuck that prop up in his little lathe and work it over. :)
  • @CompEdgeX2013
    I'm with you...woulda been toying with the lathe  if it wasnt for the glass. ;-)
  • Wow, you brought back some cool memories. Back in "58 in response to the Sputnik scare, the Navy conducted a Science Fair prize.  Sixty nine of us winners were flown to San Diego for a 1 week Science cruise.  We were divided into 4 groups for a session of "war games".  The first day our group boarded the USS Seadevil WWII sub.  I remember sitting on a torpedo in the forward torpedo room when we heard a loud "clack". When we asked what it was the sailor in there with us announced "we are all dead"!  It was a hand grenade thrown from a destroyer escort to simulate an ash can. The next day I got to throw a live grenade off of the fantail of the USS Lewis Destroyer escort.  Oh yes it was noisy in the engine compartment when topside. You couldn't even hear any one screaming in there !   Thanks for the new tour.
  • @gixer2000
    Where you from in Massachusetts? You mentioned going an hour south and that would put you somewhere near me. I'm in Abington. Lmk thanks
  • @lynwoodreed9032
    My father is 90 years old and volunteers a couple of days a week on the J. P. Kennedy.
  • @mack255
    CVA 66 three and half years.