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Early on the morning of October 27, 1898, after a 12-hour overnight battle in darkness against the storm, St. Peter rolled on her side and sank off Bear Creek on the coast of New York, just west of Sodus Bay and 16 miles (14 nmi; 26 km) east of the Charlotte Life Saving Station in Charlotte, New York, just as a United States Life-Saving Service ...
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The Land Tortoise was a military transport ship built for service on Lake George, New York during the French and Indian War. The vessel, a radeau (raft), was built in 1758, and was intentionally sunk later that year with the intention of raising her for use in 1759. This did not happen, and the sunken vessel was discovered in 1990.
Robert Moses State Park - Long Island is a 875-acre (3.54 km 2) state park in southern Suffolk County, New York. [3] The park lies on the western end of Fire Island, one of the central barrier islands off the southern coast of Long Island, and is known for its five-mile (8.0 km) stretch of beaches on the Atlantic Ocean.
Dunkirk Schooner Site is a historic shipwreck archaeological site located in Lake Erie off Dunkirk in Chautauqua County, New York.It lies about 20 miles (32 km) off Dunkirk resting in 170 feet (52 m) of cold freshwater, embedded on submerged lands of New York in the eastern basin of Lake Erie.
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[344] [345] Following the Immigration Act of 1924, primary inspection was moved to New York Harbor, and Ellis Island only hosted immigrants that were to be detained or deported. [159] [160] After the passage of the 1924 act, the Immigration Service established multiple classes of people who were said to be "deportable". This included immigrants ...
New structures were added including a new museum, and the new Liberty Hound restaurant opened in the summer of 2012. On December 16, 2017, USS Little Rock (LCS-9) was commissioned at the park alongside its namesake USS Little Rock (CG-4). The commissioning was the first time a United States Naval vessel was commissioned alongside its namesake.