Greenwich Bay (Rhode Island)

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A view of Greenwich Bay from Oakland Beach.

Greenwich Bay, is a bay on the coast of Rhode Island in the United States near Warwick, RI and 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]

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

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