Fish Island (Massachusetts)

Fish Island is an island in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The island is located in the Acushnet River east of Sconticut Neck; within the city of New Bedford.[1]

The USRC Salmon P. Chase (1878) was moored at the island when she was built in 1787.[2]

  1. ^ Acushnet River (Massachusetts) map.jpg. United States Geological Survey, US Department of the Interior. 1893.
  2. ^ Kroll, C. Douglas (2002). Commodore Ellsworth P. Bertholf : first commandant of the Coast Guard. Internet Archive. Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-474-6.