National Historic Landmark · destroyer · Boston, Massachusetts

Uss Cassin Young (destroyer)

Fletcher-class destroyer in Boston, Massachusetts. Added to the National Register in 1986, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1986
US 6th Fleet ships at Barcelona in 1956USS Cassin Young (DD-793) InsigniaUSS Cassin Young (DD-793) underway in 1944USS Cassin Young (DD-793) underway on 14 January 1958 (NH 107175)
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What it is

Wikipedia · USS Cassin Young

USS Cassin Young (DD-793) is a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy named for Captain Cassin Young (1894–1942), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism at the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and killed in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeStructure
AddressCharlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA
CountySuffolk County
ListedJan 14, 1986
Reference number86000084
Type of placedestroyer, museum ship, preserved watercraft
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 structures
StandingYes

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressCharlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA
Coordinates42.37220, -71.05444 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitBoston National Historical Park · 0 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyWest Hill Park 33 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 86000084. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.