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USS Salem is a heavy cruiser, one of the last artillery cruisers built in the USA, the Sea Witch of the US Navy, and …a giant that was late for the war. Nevertheless, her technical characteristics exceeded her time, as she was designed as a “nightmare” for the Japanese Imperial Navy. In this episode of Naval Legends, we will explore one of the most advanced cruisers of its time. Welcome aboard the USS Salem!
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[@ISAFMobius18]

even though they are outdated in today's sense, they are still impressive ships to see.

[@Chino56751]

+ISAFMobius18 Looks way more badass than any ship today, with all those guns.

[@jessewillason2064]

Old not outdated Edit not

[@t26e44]

I agree, most ww2 era ships are amazing

[@theheavytonk928]

I think even our next generation families will still be impressed into these older warships despite the new more powerful missile ships.

[@johnbut4790]

Facts nigga

[@Nate-zm4jo]

OMG! The Salem is the first naval ship I was on board... as a field trip tho.The ship introduced me to the navy and... Well... I started playing this game.

[@haihengh]

had the honor to worke on this ship as part of quincy high school intern program back in 1998.

[@Trades46]

The swansong to the era of the gun-only cruisers. The Des Moines certainly are the epitome of their classes and are good looking boats in my eyes. I wish USS Salem gets some tending to however; those 3"/50 turrets look rather terrible from rust today.

[@420folife]

Its one of the few ships thats volunteer only and doesn't get help from the state for upkeep

[@buk1237]

There is a frustrating amount of rust on that ship

[@chrisbullock3504]

buk1237 welcome to a ship that sits outside in the new England winter

[@davereed3470]

buk1237 The museum was closed to the public for 18 months due to political issues with the pier (owned by a state agency). They are looking to move to either East Boston or Southie. They can really use visitors and whatever you can donate. My Cub Scout Pack slept over on the Salem about a month ago. It is an amazing ship in person, but definately needs some TLC.

[@buk1237]

Dave Reed Good to know, not likely to visit the US anytime soon but certainly interest in visiting her

[@BarrettPvP]

buk1237 it's ok for now the rust looks to be mostly surface rust, so there is no damage to the ship but I do agree that it is frustrating to see something so great rusting away slowly.

[@KevinGerhart1701]

buk1237 She is the only US heavy cruiser left in the world. Truly irreplaceable museum. It's on my list of ships to visit, just haven't made it there yet!

[@soarinskies1105]

The best part about this ship in game is that in real life, 5-6 seconds was actually the reload rate of each gun at full loading speed, allowing each gun to expel approximately 10-12 shells per minute

[@lmo1960]

8-10 rounds per minute per barrel!

[@kempmt1]

Now, that is a "cruiser!" It's a shame we don't make them like that anymore.

[@netuzer5895]

Reasons: Supersonic Jet fighters carries anti ship missiles.

[@zachcast2735]

Yeah the closest the US has now is the Ticonderoda class but even that is retiring soon.

[@chubbycakes6446]

@@zachcast2735 well, Russia has the Kirovs, and tbh the zumwalt is pretty impressive too

[@rodrigoti397]

A medida que la tecnologia avanza , esos mounstros son inncesesarios , todo se a hace a menos escala y con mas tecnologia

[@jadeorbigoso5212]

Well Cruiser Moskva already sank

[@taskforcegandalf7320]

3:14 "huh"

[@HikaruKatayamma]

It's videos like these that really show Wargaming's love for military tanks, ships, and hopefully aircraft will get the same treatment after they recraft World of Warplanes. Thanks for making them!

[@JoshuaBurgess]

They're remaking World of Warplanes?

[@HikaruKatayamma]

From what I understand, yes. It was such a dismal failure they're going back to the drawing board.

[@JoshuaBurgess]

Nice. I like Wargaming's style, but no one I know liked Warplanes. They all play WarThunder instead.

[@HikaruKatayamma]

I heard it on one of The Mighty Jingles Mingles with Jingles, I think. He'd really burned Wargaming hard for the crappy quality and performance of World of Warplanes, for which they weren't happy. Not too long ago they realized that all the bad publicity was right. The game sucked, so they're going back to the drawing board. I do hope they make it work this time. I'd love to get into squadron battles with my clan. :)

[@BarrettPvP]

Joshua Burgess I am a player of world of warplanes and I do like the game but there are not many players on the servers to make the multiplayer part any fun but the game does have games were you can battle bots, I did have to get war Thunder to get to play warplanes in multiplayer. But I do recomend world of warplanes.

[@Lintary]

So much rust on that poor girl, she deserves some TLC.

[@nightlightabcd]

I think the only funding they get are from tours and donations! Volunteers do most of the work.

[@chriscunningham9740]

@@nightlightabcd As a volunteer aboard the ship, I can most certainly agree.

[@stevechu5330]

In real life: The best Fire control system and Surveillance radar In the game: The worst Fire control system and Surveillance radar Nice work WG!

[@ramal5708]

WG excel in making a ship the complete opposite, for numbers of ships in the game

[@davidb3155]

RL *strong armor* In game *gets cut through like butter*

[@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014]

I visited the vessel yesterday. Visiting the vessel is the greatest experience in my life. I sure enjoy being a Des Moines fan.

[@iket7396]

Best introduction of all Naval Legends episodes!!

[@airrr2628]

They have the ship at Quincy, Massachusetts. I went there and found something signed by Teddy B Roosevelt and a cassette tape with a tape inside it that said “A Victory Over The Lake”, I’ll come back and listen to the whole thing.

[@wheezzl]

Only played a few hours so far, but absolutely love it! And these videos are damn impressive! Love the history lessons

[@ramal5708]

Salem was used to portray the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in the 1956 film The Battle of the River Plate, although the original German ship had a single triple gun turret placed forward of the superstructure where the Salem has two triple gun turrets forward of its superstructure.

[@DennisBell-tz2sb]

I love the channel, they get all sides of the story. Hearing the different languages shows authenticity to history not politics.

[@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014]

I just finished my grind to this legendary cruiser. I want to thank you for their gifts of super containers and other rewards from this update that made this coal grind possible, that I have finished it just 4 days before the game's 5th birthday. More than two years after my visit to the USS Salem, I stand on her helm again, in the high seas of World of Warships.

[@Daehawk]

What a beauty. The size of her for her class and the way she was made reminds me of the old super frigates from around 1812.

[@MultiROYMUSTANG]

Just waiting for the USS. Missouri

[@ericdunne4578]

Still waiting

[@atlas_1802]

*still waiting*

[@haskellvanmarter5501]

Theater ships were so advanced for there time. I was on the USS St. Paul CA 73 (66-68) It was a little older but it had a lot of fighting muscle. But in the Gulf of Tonkin The crew had no Air Condition and it was so hot when we were there. The officers had A/C and so did sick bay and the oil shack. I worked in #3 fire room. At times it could climb to 160 deg in those spaces. If it wasn’t for the heat I would have stayed in for 20+. It was still a great experience . We took a lot of incoming at times. How ever our luck ran out and we took a direct hit in the bow at the water line. A north vietnam artillery unit got lucky. I was in the fire room ant could hear the echo thru the ship. Fortunately it hit officers country berthing compartments and 3 store rooms just at the water line. They flooded rather fast. Everyone did there job and things got secured. A Tempoary patch was welded over the large hole in our side and we stayed on the gun line and did our mission. Looking back on event we were all young kids. 18-23 year olds. People grow up fast when they are trained properly for those conditions. These cruisers were designed to take a real beating and keep fighting. We trained all the time and prepared for just about anything. Amazing what kids can do when trained properly. We fired so many 8” rounds we replaced our gun barrels two times while I was on board. The ship was definitely used to its fullest extent over there. But not for anti aircraft missions. We did not encounter that( thank God). The New Port News relived is off the gun line a couple of times. She was a good looking ship also. I wish we had there air conditioning system. Lol. Needless to say after working in a hot boiler room and after discharge I went into heating and air conditioning. I’ve been in my own Busness for over 40 years. Thanks to that cruiser and the US Navy, they gave me a trade.

[@coltonstrain584]

Sir that is a awesome story I love hearing veterans experiences over seas and just training its really amazing how people from all different back grounds can become brothers during war time

[@AaronJoshandRiley]

Love this video.. Really helped with my designing a 17 foot long model of this ship built out of Lego. :)

[@Gdayhomie]

I built her in lego but its only 1.6 feet long :p

[@micahanglen4331]

im currently making a 450 mm long model of the salem to 3D print.

[@apex_blue]

@@micahanglen4331 do you have a place where I can ‘buy’ the model. I have a 3D printer.

[@knightlife98]

Those 8 in. guns were just awesome!!!! They really could tear some sh&% up, absolutely devastating weapons!

[@TheRealSteve42]

Do the USS Massachusetts!!! Battleship Cove FTW

[@ezekielmorabe9374]

It's good to USS Salem in video, planning to visit that ship soon, my grandpa was one of the first crews of that ship

[@PhynixPc]

You guys keep producing great historical videos. Excellent job!

[@Rexery66]

I see her everyday :D

[@bf9562m]

They should do a Naval Legends on the USS West Virginia, it had an interesting service.

[@ichabodon]

And if memory serves me correct she played the part of the Graf Spee in the British war film ‘Battle of the River Plate’

[@jaybee9269]

Even though she has too many turrets to play Graf Spee. Sad to see her rusting tho. Maybe USS Salem should be moved to Battleship Cove; they take good care of the warships there.

[@jamesbaltutis8178]

Bro I wish I lived closer to literally any of these museum ships

[@BenNewman1776]

Thank you for making these awesome documentaries.

[@dutchman7216]

That was awesome thank you to whoever made this!

[@PreachingGamer]

i love the detail to its superiority to other ships that they give hear ns

[@eternalthread7846]

One badass ship imagine it would’ve entered in the beginning of the war

[@ryukodestroyerofbloons1285]

I'd like you guys to do a Naval Legends video on Taffy 3 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. It's an awesome story that should be shared to the community.

[@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014]

It's good for Salem to be alive today. Des Moines wasn't so lucky to be saved.

[@haskellvanmarter5501]

Andredesmoinesew same with Newport News.

[@jeffeffa78]

Amazing ship. Although it is great that the war ended, it would have been amazing to have seen film of her in action, doing what she was designed to do.

[@starshipmechanic]

The Salem is in ok but deteriorating shape, if you have the opportunity to visit it I'd highly recommend. Its got to be an expensive ship to keep preserved though so if you want it for future generations, maybe add the museum to your Christmas donations.

[@joserdiazalmodovar1898]

Today,s USA Navy is way different from WW 2 vessels but The beauty and sight and firepower from those Ships were something else . Big Guns ¡👍

[@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014]

I can remember my experience on the USS Salem.

[@Zichoe]

06:13 Awesome firing smoke I've ever seen

[@chrisbullock3504]

i live like 3 towns away from this ship. its cool to see it here though

[@Alex-lj1du]

I live about 7-10 towns away

[@t26e44]

Callsign Spartan Airsoft I live in yeh same city, Quincy

[@danieltatem7747]

@@t26e44 same, quincy is the way to go

[@oilczar]

Great, educational video, thank you.

[@TROOPER685HD]

The Bismarck was definitly a naval legend.. even if i prefer the Tirpitz :P and of cause the Scharnhorst.

[@1995HunterKiller]

***** will take some time until we see her on a Naval Legends episode atm they are just going threw american ships and after them we will get the Japanese ones german ones will probably be the last ones they do as they are the last ones to be added to the game

[@CeesaX]

Why is that an important distinction to make? The Bismark and Tirpitz were impressive ships, something all Germans would be proud of, I'd think. But I'm not German, so perhaps you can help me understand why you think they should be called Nazi ships instead?

[@1995HunterKiller]

Bryan Jonsson i think you answered to the wrong comment nobody said anything about ''nazi'' ships

[@nightlightabcd]

TROOPER685HD - Can't argue with that!

[@ussdesmoines1920]

Tripitz most likely won’t get a naval legends episode since she just sat at anchor for the entire war until she was sunk. However, Scharnhorst had a better career.

[@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014]

Vs Destroyers, Salem would’ve easily massacred them one after anouther. Vs Light cruiser, Salem would effortlessly crush them. Vs heavy cruisers, Salem would’ve pummeled them to their doom. Vs Aircraft Carriers, Salem could easily just shred plane after plane with extreme ease, and if it met their carrier, murdered it. Vs Battleships, they might look intimidating, but the Des Moines class if at a far away enough distance, they were capable of setting even Yamato ablaze and reduce the entire superstructure, AA defense, and secondary load to a ravaged steel inferno, and possible destroy all control of the ship from the superstructure. This really is the true cruiser king.

[@zche083]

Can two Des Moines-class heavy cruisers knock down an Iowa Battleship?

[@jasonsu6214]

Salem (aka Des Moines) has shitty ballistics

[@Matteo-ks6fn]

What a wonderful creature it is!

[@psjhfc28112010]

Again, can we please see more on other nations ships during the world wars!

[@rileyconnolly9077]

It might be a bit difficult to get stories and pictures of ships from other countries. Give them time.

[@a52159355]

the most OP ship in the game

[@jackterjack4010]

김재현 hell ya

[@tfs203]

Des Moines seems nearly as large as the USS New Jersey I was just aboard! Absolutely massive for an 8" Heavy Cruiser! Nearly as large as the Alaska class, and she's "all but" a Battlecruiser!

[@michaeldobson8859]

Two corrections are necessary. 1. THe 5” dual purpose guns were the 5” 38 caliber not 32 caliber guns. Second the other 5” gun quoted are actually the new 3” AA weapon, too late for war action but meant to handle Kamakazi attacks better than the 40 mm Boffors weapon.

[@earljohnson2676]

I drive by the Salem everyday it’s located in Quincy ma next to the four river bridge and every time I look at I’m just fascinated by war ships amazing . I new it was a Cruiser so cool I’m wanna look into how I can get on it and check it out . I served in OIF as n infantry man with the army but loved war ships since I was a kid

[@leehongjin6884]

*DON'T TREAD ON ME*

[@RCN2820]

I thought that mustache went illegal a long time ago...

[@hunterjegou5620]

RCN2820 😂

[@_R-R]

Stupid question: What song starts at 10:20? Great series though.

[@espada9]

Handsome looking ship.

[@r.n.3621]

Why did this contain very little mention of the Salem's sister-ship, USS Newport News CA-148, that did three tours in Vietnam, pounding the enemy with her big guns? While serving on board Newport News, I had a Chief Gunners Mate that had started his career during World War II, tell me, "if we'd had ships like this during WWII, the sea war would have been over pretty quick."

[@12thmanrailfans26]

We need a tier 8 for WoWS Legends. USS Salem should be at the top

[@jasnix]

Now a book that had the USS Salem in it makes sense. It's a shame the U.S. does not feel the need for similar rolled ships, and most ships are now down gunned and armored, in the hope of just letting the shell go through.

[@1995HunterKiller]

jasnix modern millitary ship design is focused on not getting hit at all like pre Composite armor tanks

[@ISAFMobius18]

Alice Lynn invisibility is the best armor you can have

[@deathcharge5468]

WoW makes better history videos than the history channel

[@davidtong2776]

It's sad to see such a great ship, in such need of a little TLC. But it's a great video.

[@laksamanamade9036]

hey, make naval legends for Battle of Midway please

[@seamanshmuckatelli5166]

why is this video unlisted? it should be shared with everyone!

[@StackableGoldMC]

10:10 I am very disappointed in the mispronunciation of Des Moines. The S are silent.

[@britanica1298]

What was the fire rate of the dual purpose secondaries

[@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014]

Music for the ending?

[@siimpuu7548]

that star wars theme music thou

[@drtechtek2165]

Why do they have this clothe protection on the outside of the cvannons?

[@centurionplay9880]

Why not use the metric system in the videos since its the most used system in the world?

[@derrickubay-ubay9503]

Are the 3"/50 Mark 22s or Mark 34s?

[@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014]

Can you rework Des Moines’s armor?

[@RuneMasterKnight]

whats different between a battle cruiser and heavy cruiser? i always see heavy cruisers as the same battle cruisers can someone tell me what is different between them.

[@dumbrowski8263]

Battlecruiser are Fast Battleship, like the hood and kongo, they have the same gun as a Battleship, they have the same size and around the same height, but have less armor and more speed than true Battleship. Heavy cruiser are smaller than battleship and battlecruisers, they have a little bit less armor, they have smaller gun, but are more manoeuvrable, they also have a quicker reload and are great to take out destroyers.

[@smackjr007]

When dose this game come out

[@troyamandajames1416]

I think the mount missing would probably was removed for better stability during rough weather maybe I have read a similar case of a ship of that time period. But only a guess so many great ships ww2 post ww2 into the Cold War era 😉

[@lockehaney3013]

Wow, surprised to hear that heavy cruisers carried 16" guns. Before I thought only battleships had those guns.

[@rsj2771]

@Locke Haney The Des Moines class had mk16, 8" guns ( 5:30 )

[@kimmer6]

@@rsj2771 They are 8 inch 55 caliber, the largest brass propellant cased ammo the USA ever used. I threw my back out putting an empty 8''-55 case in my car.

[@nightlightabcd]

As far as the rest that is mentioned by several comments, I didn't see much rust till about three fourths the way thrrough, then there is a lot of rust! I agree, she looks very neglected to me to!

[@AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan4014]

Music in the video?

[@buzzkill4623]

13.5t per salvo? AP she'll 335lb x 9 is about 3,000lb or 1.5t. or did you mean 13.5t per minute presuming 10 rpm per gun

[@geographyRyan]

I just visited SALEM, and it is sad how much rust there is.

[@Gdayhomie]

The interior looks well maintained but the outside looks terrible. #plsrestoreUssSalem

[@SaltySaiyan98]

“Hardly any adversary could withstand such a barrage” *Laughs in Soviet paper ship*

[@ussdesmoines1920]

*loads HE* Let us see how long can a Soviet T10 BB can last

[@ichabodon]

I know these old ships cost money to keep but they should be kept as a reminder of how it was

[@Mancboy2000]

Music at 5:30?

[@71superbee39]

"The Giant that was late for the war." .... Apt description of the U.S. but we came back with a vengeance ... The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance .. we shackled ourselves with pacifist laws to prevent the inevitable ... After Pearl I don't know who had the greater sigh of relief, FDR or Churchill...

[@estradaaaronjans.7084]

Its America in both world wars. They never show up on time.

[@matthewwilson5019]

@@estradaaaronjans.7084 America as a whole for the most part tried to stay out of world war 2 and we would have if it wasn't for Japan surprise attack on us.

[@estradaaaronjans.7084]

@@matthewwilson5019 true

[@red.5475]

I was always curious, as to why Salem was chosen as a museum, instead of Des Moines or Newport News.

[@stodgypigeon0613]

Is world of warships coming out for Xbox

[@Apollyon-er4ut]

This is one of your earlier videos, not as good as the latter one's which include the curators of the ships instead of wargaming employees. Nevertheless, still a good piece. I started to say you should have included the videos of these auto loading cannons which is what made these ships so unique, but then I found a later video (a year or so ago) doing just that. Well done.

[@averyyang5630]

USS Helana plz

[@ironseabeelost1140]

Clean them up, tech them up and let them join a couple of amphib groups. Eight inch support with 21st plus century tech. I think the amphib troops would like that support.

[@conj143]

My grandpa was a crewman on the salem

[@dontworryboutit4466]

3:40 halo reach music?

[@christophermorris7795]

i would love to see the uss alaska in game

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

Wish granted!

[@JoseSilva-gp4zq]

This ship is New Jersey?

[@ChrisC7498_]

Jose Silva South Street, Quincy, MA. Behind General Dynamics, im a volunteer for the boy scouts we have on for sleepovers

[@JMR7Six]

Ah so this is where the Salem Witch idea came from for the Halloween event!

[@Paladin_Ryan]

+joerogrz Bingo and the Phantom Fortress is an Essex class, based off of the USS Hornet (CV-12) which is renowned as a haunted ship and on which WG held an event just this week. WG looked for real life inspiration in choosing the ships for the event.

[@michaelc.5809]

6:08 😍😍

[@Slayer_Jesse]

Do USS New Jersey!

[@robertwalker8964]

now if they were to combine the Salem the tigondroge and the Arleigh burke-class into one ship 9 8" guns 8 5" 54s 6 30mm gold keepers 6 20mm bow and stern VLS systems two triple torpedoes two flight decks dericks for seal mk 5 boats I'm thinking total displacement around 25,000 tons I built a 1/350 scale model using the three ships looked good won't need stealth we have the technology use shock and all

[@patton1602]

Wargaming. U can put in such a remarkable ship such as the Des Moins that not much people heard about. What about the Yorktown Class carriers? What on earth happened to the Godly Legend USS Enterprise? Release it as a premium ship and ill Filp out!

[@theheavytonk928]

7:21 Why didn’t you translate that ;-;

[@zerefsunlimitedshipworks]

Witch of the Seven Seas

[@tau-5samsara990]

imma need the background music