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IYRS School of Technology & Trades (known as IYRS, from its previous name of the International Yacht Restoration School) is a private nonprofit school with a 3-acre campus on Thames Street in Newport, Rhode Island. IYRS focuses on training highly skilled craftspeople and technicians for careers in a wide range of industries.
Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States.It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Providence, 20 miles (32 km) south of Fall River, Massachusetts, 74 miles (119 km) south of Boston, and 180 miles (290 km) northeast of New York City.
SSV Oliver Hazard Perry is a tall ship operated by Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island (OHPRI), a grass-roots nonprofit based in Newport, Rhode Island.The ship is named after American Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819), the hero of the naval Battle of Lake Erie (1813).
Cove Haven is a full-service facility with a summer capacity for storing 220 boats in slips and an equal number on land. There is a full boatyard repair service for pleasure and commercial vessels. [1] The marina specializes in maintaining 12-meter America's Cup yachts. Among those yachts, America's Cup defender Intrepid was rebuilt there in ...
The Past and the Present: Narragansett Sea and Shore, an Illustrated Guide to Providence, Newport, Narragansett Pier, Block Island, Watch Hill, Rocky Point, Silver Spring, and All the Famous Sea-Side Resorts of Rhode Island, with a Map of Narragansett Bay. Providence: J. A. & R. A. Reid. OCLC 191326002. Seavey, George L. (1975).
Map of Naval Station Newport in 1966. Graduation of the June 23rd 2005 class of the U.S. Navy STA-21 Commissioning Program which was held at NAVSTA Newport.. Naval Station Newport (NAVSTA Newport) is a United States Navy base located in the city of Newport and the town of Middletown, Rhode Island.
The ship carries a cutter boat on davits. She was originally equipped with a CB-M boat which was replaced in the mid-2010s with a CB-ATON-M boat. This was built by Metal Shark Aluminum Boats and was estimated to cost $210,000. [13] The boat is 18 feet (5.5 m) long and are equipped with a Mercury Marine inboard/outboard diesel engine. [14]
Melville is a census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Middletown and Portsmouth in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. It lies along the shore of Narragansett Bay. The population of the CDP was 1,320 at the 2010 census. [5] The CDP is named after Admiral George Wallace Melville. Past names for the area include Portsmouth Grove ...