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Ship Attractions In Fall River

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Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The City of Fall River is located approximately 53 miles south of Boston, 17 miles southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, 20 miles south of Taunton, 12 miles west of New Bedford, 20 miles north of Newport, Rhode Island, and 200 miles northeast of New York City. The City of Fall River's population was 87,103 at the 2010 census, making it the tenth-largest city in the state. Located along the eastern shore of Mount Hope Bay at the mouth of the Taunton River, the city became famous during the 19th century as the leading textile manufacturing center in the United States. While the textil...
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  • 1. USS Massachusetts (Big Mamie) Fall River
    USS Massachusetts , known as Big Mamie to her crew-members during World War II, is a battleship of the second South Dakota class. She was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the sixth state, and one of two ships of her class to be donated for use as a museum ship. Massachusetts has the distinction of having fired the US Navy's first and last 16-in shells of the war.During World War II Massachusetts was initially assigned to duty in the Atlantic Fleet during which she successfully crippled the Vichy French battleship Jean Bart in a gun duel during Operation Torch. Transferred to the Pacific fleet in 1943, Massachusetts participated in the Solomon Islands campaign and the Philippines Campaign, and in the latter campaign took part in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. In...
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