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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 ...
Other ships. Thomas W. Lawson, a seven-masted, steel-hull schooner, the only ship of her kind ever built. William L. Douglas, a six-masted, steel-hull collier. Sankaty, a propeller-driven steamer that served as a ferry to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket and as a Canadian minelayer during World War II.
The United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum is a private non-profit museum in Quincy, Massachusetts featuring USS Salem (CA-139), a heavy cruiser docked at the former Fore River Shipyard where she was laid down in 1945. The museum was established in 1993, in response to efforts by local officials and volunteers to revive the shipyard area after ...
The Fore River Bridge carries Route 3A across the Weymouth Fore River, connecting Quincy to Weymouth. Its total length is 2,216 feet. The bridge is 78 feet wide and 43½ feet tall at the center.
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 ...
USS Salem (CA-139) USS. Salem. (CA-139) USS Salem (CA-139) is a Des Moines -class heavy cruiser completed for the United States Navy shortly after World War II and commissioned in 1949. The second ship of her class, she was the world's last heavy cruiser to enter service and is the last remaining. She was decommissioned in 1959 after serving in ...
The division's headquarters were moved to Quincy, Massachusetts, after acquiring the Fore River Shipyard in 1913. In 1940, Bethlehem Shipbuilding was the largest of the "Big Three" U.S. shipbuilders that could build any ship, [3] followed by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock and New York Shipbuilding Corporation (New York Ship).
Quincy Point is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. "The Point" is generally defined as the land east of Quincy Center, the downtown district. Quincy Point is bordered on the west by Elm Street, on the east by Weymouth Fore River and the Braintree city line, on the north by Town River and on the south by Quincy Avenue. The area altitude ...