Oyster Bay (inlet)

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Oyster Bay, also known as Oyster Bay Harbor, is an inlet of Long Island Sound on the north shore of Long Island in New York in the United States. [1]

The bay lies in Nassau County. The hamlet of Oyster Bay within the Town of Oyster Bay is on its shore. [2]

The United States Navy motor torpedo boat tender USS Oyster Bay, in commission from 1943 to 1946, was named for Oyster Bay.

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  1. Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition, p. 886.
  2. Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition, p. 886

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