The centerpiece of Battleship Cove, the USS Massachusetts, was built at Fore River Shipyard in Quincy in 1939. She was commissioned in 1942, joining a Navy still reeling from an attack at Pearl ...

“The USS Massachusetts will soon sail the world’s oceans in defense of the nation, and her journey starts right here,’’ Mabus writes. The new sub (SSN 798) will join a long and proud list ...

The future Massachusetts will be delivered by Huntington Ingalls. The newest USS Massachusetts will be the fifth Navy vessel to serve under that name.