Greenwich Bay (Rhode Island)

For other uses, see Greenwich Bay.

Greenwich Bay, is a bay on the coast of Rhode Island in the United States near East Greenwich, Rhode Island off of Narragansett Bay.^[1]

The United States Navy seaplane tender USS Greenwich Bay, in commission from 1945 to 1966, was named for the bay.^[1]

Notes

1 2 "Greenwich Bay". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here. (See ship namesake paragraph.)

Coordinates: 41°40′28″N 71°24′50″W / 41.67444°N 71.41389°W / 41.67444; -71.41389

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