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The navy tug was steaming from Portsmouth to Boston carrying a cargo of chains, anchors and search light equipment for USS Missouri. She capsized and sank when a deck load shifted in heavy seas off Cape Ann. Of the nine-person crew, there were four fatalities. Nina T: September 1997 A fishing trawler that was scuttled off Gloucester
It has one of the premier golf courses on Cape Cod, the Hyannisport Club, [1] and is also home to the West Beach Club and the Hyannis Port Yacht Club. [2] St. Andrew's-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church [3] and the Union Chapel [4] conduct Sunday services in the summer. There also is a catwalk that goes to Halls Island with views of Nantucket Sound ...
The Cape Cod Canal, completed in 1916, connects Buzzards Bay to Cape Cod Bay; its creation shortened the trade route between New York and Boston by 62 miles (100 km). [ 9 ] Cape Cod extends 65 miles (105 km) into the Atlantic Ocean, with a breadth of between 1–20 miles (1.6–32.2 km), and covers more than 400 miles (640 km) of shoreline. [ 10 ]
Hyannis / ˌ h aɪ ˈ æ n ɪ s / is the largest of the seven villages in the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.It is the commercial and transportation hub of Cape Cod and was designated an urban area at the 1990 census.
Dennis Port (or Dennisport) is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Dennis in Barnstable County, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States. At the 2010 census, its population was 3,162. At the 2010 census, its population was 3,162.
Yarmouth Port is located in the northern part of the town of Yarmouth at (41.704633, −70.220923). [3] It is bordered to the north by Cape Cod Bay, to the east by the town of Dennis, and to the west by the town of Barnstable.
Until the latter half of the nineteenth century, the East Harbor was a natural embayment deep enough to shelter Provincetown's fishing fleet during the winter, and was connected to Cape Cod Bay through a 1,000-foot-wide (300 m) inlet. [3] This effectively isolated neighboring Provincetown from Truro and other towns on Cape Cod. [1]
Rock Harbor is a man-made [1] harbor on Cape Cod Bay located on the border between Orleans, Massachusetts, and Eastham, Massachusetts. A small commercial and charter fishing fleet docks in the harbor. [2] The harbor is an artificial harbor and is dredged to maintain a depth of 4 feet at low tide. [3]