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Fore River Shipyard was a shipyard owned by General Dynamics Corporation located on Weymouth Fore River in Braintree and Quincy, Massachusetts. It began operations in 1883 in Braintree, and moved to its final location on Quincy Point in 1901. In 1913, it was purchased by Bethlehem Steel, and later transferred to Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation.
Coast Guard Beach. / 41.84306°N 69.94528°W / 41.84306; -69.94528. Coast Guard Beach is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore in Eastham, Massachusetts. From mid-June to Labor Day, the parking area at this location is closed to all but park staff and visitors who are disabled, and access is provided by shuttle bus from the Little ...
Fore River (Massachusetts) Coordinates: 42°14′12″N 70°57′36″W. Map of the Weymouth watershed. Weymouth Fore River is a small bay or estuary in eastern Massachusetts and is part of the Massachusetts Bay watershed . The headwater of Weymouth Fore River is formed by the confluence of the Monatiquot River and Smelt Brook in the Weymouth ...
Houghs Neck / ˈ h aʊ z / is a one-square-mile (2.6 km 2) peninsula in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is surrounded by Quincy Bay, Hingham Bay and Rock Island Cove. It is lined by Perry Beach, which runs along Manet Avenue; Nut Island, which is just beyond Great Hill at the very end of the peninsula; and Edgewater Drive.
Numerous famous warships were built at the Fore River Shipyard. A partial list is below. The date in parentheses indicates the date the ship was commissioned by the U.S. Navy, and not the date of its launch. Aircraft carriers. 1 of 2 Lexington-class aircraft carriers. USS Lexington (CV-2) (1927) Battle of the Coral Sea
21 September 1963. A YMS-1 -class minesweeper that ran aground off Rockport . 42°40′24″N 70°34′29″W. / 42.67333°N 70.57472°W / 42.67333; -70.57472 ( USS Grouse (AMS-15)) Herbert. 5 August 1924. A lighter that was rammed in fog by the steamer City of Gloucester while at anchor off Nahant . 42°25′05″N 70°51′25″W.
Tide is a major factor in determining timing of putting in and taking out. The North and South Rivers Watershed Association has an offset tide table for different locations along the river. Public parking is available at these locations. History. The North River was host to the Fox Hill Shipyard which produced vessels up to 390 tons.
A U.S. Coast Guard boat steams past in 2021 as workers prepare to deploy a tidal turbine onto a lift arm on a platform just west of the railroad bridge on the Cape Cod Canal in Buzzards Bay.