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CASSIN YOUNG, USS (Destroyer)

Boston, Massachusetts
County of Suffolk.
Charlestown Navy Yard
National Register Number: 86000084
 Resource type: Structure.
Property type: Defense - naval facility. The threat level was Watch in
2006.
Certified Local Government: YES
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Current use/information: On display in Boston National Historic Park. See http://www.maritime.org/hnsa-casyng.htm.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - January 14, 1986):
Representative of many FLETCHER class destroyers built by the Boston Navy Yard and exemplifying the intense military-industrial effort on the home front during World War II, CASSIN YOUNG earned four battle stars and Navy Unit Commendation at Okinawa. She was the target of the last kamikaze attack of World War II.

Condition:
The park has identified minor leakage in the hull which it is continuing to monitor


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