Duxbury Bay (Massachusetts)
Encyclopedia
Duxbury Bay is a bay
on the coast of Massachusetts
in the United States
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The United States Navy
seaplane tender
USS Duxbury Bay
, in commission from 1944 to 1966, was named for Duxbury Bay.
Bay
A bay is an area of water mostly surrounded by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. Bays also exist as an inlet in a lake or pond. A large bay may be called a gulf, a sea, a sound, or a bight...
on the coast of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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The United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
seaplane tender
Seaplane tender
A seaplane tender is a ship that provides facilities for operating seaplanes. These ships were the first aircraft carriers and appeared just before the First World War.-History:...
USS Duxbury Bay
USS Duxbury Bay (AVP-38)
USS Duxbury Bay was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1966.-Construction and commissioning:...
, in commission from 1944 to 1966, was named for Duxbury Bay.