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50. Armament. one 3 in (76 mm) gun mount. USS Goldfinch (AMS-12/YMS-306) was a YMS-1 -class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. Goldfinch, a wooden-hulled motor minesweeper, was built as YMS-306 by Rice Brothers ...
The Key West Bight, now known as the Key West Historic Seaport, is the site of a 200-year-old global maritime trade base in Key West, Florida, USA. [ 1] A bend in the shoreline on the northwest side of the island created a bight, a wide bay and naturally protected harbor. [ 2] Today, the Historic Seaport is the location of restaurants, bars ...
Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key, Fleming Key, Sunset Key, and the northern part of Stock Island, it constitutes the City of Key West . The island of Key West is about 4 miles (6 kilometers) long and 1 mile (2 km) wide, with a ...
Key West Shipwreck Museum. The Key West Shipwreck Museum (formerly Shipwreck Historeum) is located in Key West, Florida, United States. It combines actors, films and actual artifacts to tell the story of 400 years of shipwreck salvage in the Florida Keys. The museum itself is a re-creation of a 19th-century warehouse built by wrecker tycoon Asa ...
Key West Private Charters offers 4-hour, 6-hour, 8-hour snorkeling, scuba diving, sunset and custom power boat trips on which nudity is permitted. [136] The trip launches from the Dream Catchers boat dock at College Drive in Key West. There are other companies offering private charters that allow nudity as long as the boat is 3 miles (5 km) out ...
The Andros Barrier Reef [18] is the world's sixth longest. [19] It runs for 225 km (140 mi), averaging a distance of 2–3 km (1–2 mi) from the Andros shore. [20] The extensive flats of the Great Bahama Bank lie to the west, northwest and south of Andros.
Country. United States. Geology. Type. reef. Eastern Dry Rocks is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. It lies seven miles southeast of Key West and one mile east of Sand Key light within the Key West National Wildlife Refuge. This reef is within a Sanctuary Preservation Area (SPA).
In 1849 the island had a fine sandy beach on the east side, and mangroves and lagoons on the west side. [8] The average elevation of the island is less than five feet (1.5 m) above sea level. [9] Key Biscayne is located at (25.690329, -80.165118). [10]