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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 ...
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
Hingham Bay is the easternmost of the three small bays of outer Boston Harbor, [1] part of Massachusetts Bay and forming the western shoreline of the town of Hull and the northern shoreline of Hingham in the United States state of Massachusetts. [2] It lies east of Quincy Bay and is met at the southwest by the mouth of Weymouth Fore River, also ...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service established the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge more than 30 years ago to protect islands all along the Ohio, but most of the preserved land is along ...
The Lake Erie Islands are a chain of archipelagic islands in Lake Erie. They include Kelleys Island, Erie Island, [1] Pelee Island, the Bass Islands, and several others. The majority of these islands are under the sovereignty of the State of Ohio in the United States. Pelee Island is the only major inhabited island within the province of ...
Wells Island. Wheeling Island. Williamson Island. Witten Towhead. Categories: Ohio River. River islands of the United States by river.
What is the Fore River known for? The shipyard. In 1883, Thomas A. Watson and Frank Wellington formed the Fore River Engine Co. near Weymouth Landing. The company became the Fore River shipyard.
William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia. Scrapped 1963. Commandeered by US Navy prior to launch for World War I, entered passenger service in 1920. 1920s. SS President Roosevelt. 1922. United States Line. New York Shipbuilding of Camden, New Jersey. Scrapped 1948.