USS Pittsburgh, Allegheny Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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sherpes
N 40° 27.156 W 080° 00.354
17T E 584293 N 4478467
large anchor on display in front of Children Museum
Waymark Code: WM4R9V
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2008
Views: 11
Located in Allegheny Center, an urban re-development from the early 1970's.
The 21,000 pound anchor comes from one of the the USS Pittsburgh ships - the chain weighs about 1,000 pounds - so the entire thing is 11 tons. The USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) is a light cruiser that served in WWII. The entire bow section of the ship had broken off in a typhoon in the Pacific on June 5th 1945. The ship had a temporary replacement bow attached at Guam and then had a permanent replacement attached on the West Coast. The original bow was salvaged.
there were four USS Pittsburgh's
USS Pittsburgh (1861) (usually spelled Pittsburg), was a sidewheel ironclad gunboat that served during the American Civil War.
USS Pittsburgh (CA-4), originally named USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4), was an armored cruiser serving during World War I.
USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) was a Baltimore-class cruiser originally named Albany that served during World War II.
USS Pittsburgh (SSN-720), was a Los Angeles-class submarine on active service as of 2008.
vintage pictures of the ship anchor are at
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