Fish Island, Massachusetts
Encyclopedia
Fish Island is an island in Massachusetts
, United States of America. The island is located by New Bedford
.
The USRC Salmon P. Chase (1878)
was at one time moored here, where she served as a berthing area for the cadets.
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...
, United States of America. The island is located by New Bedford
New Bedford, Massachusetts
New Bedford is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, located south of Boston, southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, and about east of Fall River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 95,072, making it the sixth-largest city in Massachusetts...
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The USRC Salmon P. Chase (1878)
USRC Salmon P. Chase (1878)
The USRC Salmon P. Chase was named after Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon Portland Chase. It was a three-masted bark with a hull length of 106-feet that was designed for use as a training ship for the cadets of the Revenue Cutter Service School of Instruction.Shortly after the...
was at one time moored here, where she served as a berthing area for the cadets.
See also
- Fish IslandFish IslandFish Island is the name of several islands, including:*Fish Island Site, a historic site south of St. Augustine, Florida*Fish Island, Massachusetts*Fish Island, London*Fish Islands, a group of islands off the coast of West Antarctica...
, for other places by this name