Duxbury Bay (Massachusetts)

Duxbury Bay (Massachusetts)

Duxbury Bay is a bay on the coast of Massachusetts in the United States.[1]

The United States Navy seaplane tender USS Duxbury Bay, in commission from 1944 to 1966, was named for Duxbury Bay.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/d6/duxbury_bay.htm; see ship namesake paragraph.
  2. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/d6/duxbury_bay.htm; see ship namesake paragraph.

References

Coordinates: 42°00′00″N 70°39′28″W / 42°N 70.65778°W / 42; -70.65778


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