I remember the aroma too!
They used to call sailors from that era “Tars”. Tar was part of the smell, and old wood, and brine, and brass polish and iron. I remember it too.
Did you ever go to Battleship Cove in Fall River?
WW2 Ships there.
“Did you ever go to Battleship Cove in Fall River?”
I was lucky - my mother was the Den Mother - we saw all that stuff & not once but all the time! I have’nt been on “Big Mamie” for quite a few years though - when I took my own kids. I really enjoy the Freedom Trail, the Revolution most though.