Group guided tours are available with a reservation. General Admission $5, children under 4 free, Active Duty Military free. Summer daily 10AM-5PM Winter Sa,Su 10AM-4PM.

The ship is also home to the US Naval Shipbuilding museum and has on display thousands of items relating to Naval history and shipbuilding. She is now permanently moored at the place of her birth, the former Fore River Shipyard in historic Quincy, MA. The Salem was among the most advanced war ships of her day and served until 1959. The USS Salem is a 716 foot long US Navy Heavy Cruiser Gunship and is the worlds only example of that class of ship. Naval Shipbuilding Museum, 739 Washington St., Phone: +1 61. You can also see the 'Adam's Mansion,' home of US President John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams, within a short walking distance of the Quincy Center MBTA (redline) station. Reservations are required for groups of 8 or more, however, there is no group rate. The 14 acre (56,600 m²) park is comprised of the Birthplaces of John and John Quincy Adams, the Old House and the United First Parish Church. Site orientation is also available here, along with exhibits, a bookstore and the site's only public restrooms. To see the historic homes, you must join a tour. Tours include the Old House and the Birthplaces. Daily 9AM-5PM Visitor Center is open during the Winter Season: Tu-F 10AM-4PM. You can reach much of the city by bus, but most things worth seeing are within walking distance of an MBTA (redline) station. Interstate 93 runs south from Boston proper through Quincy. Service to Long Wharf and Logan Airport in Boston. at Quincy Fore River Shipyard, Phone: +1 61.

Ferry service to/from downtown Boston, 703 Washington St.

Quincy has a number of bus routes as well.

Mass Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA or 'T'), Phone: +1 61.

Quincy has both subway and communter rail connections to downtown Boston and some South Shore towns.

Logan International Airport (BOS), in East Boston.

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