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USNS New Bedford (T-AKL-17)
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Namesake
New Bedford - is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts located on the Acushnet River. Up through the 17th century, the area was the territory of the Wampanoag Native American people.
English colonists bought the land where New Bedford would be built from the Wampanoag in 1652, and the original colonial settlement was founded by English Quakers later in the 17th century.
During the first half of the 19th century, New Bedford was one of the world's most important whaling ports. New Bedford was also a center of abolitionism at this time.
The city attracted many freed or escaped African-American slaves, including Frederick Douglass. The city also served as the primary setting of Herman Melville's 1851 novel, Moby-Dick.
From 1876 to 1900, New Bedford served as the home port for the Revenue Cutter School of Instruction, the precursor of the United States Coast Guard Academy.
Photo - New Bedford view from the harbor, Environment Protection Agency photo.
Map - New England, vicinity of New Bedford |
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USNS New Bedford (T-AKL-17) underway, date and location unknown.
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USNS New Bedford (T-AKL-17) delivers supplies to the US Air Force manned Texas Tower No. 2 at Georges Bank, circa May 1956 to January 1963.
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USNS New Bedford (T-AKL-17) underway, in 1966, location unknown.
US Navy photo. |
Robert Hurst |
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USNS New Bedford (T-AKL-17) moored pierside, date and location unknown. |
Robert Hurst |
New Bedford (IX-308)
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New Bedford (IX-308) firing a torpedo in Puget Sound, date unknown.
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New Bedford (IX-308) under way, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo |
Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. |
Commercial Service
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Ex-New Bedford (T-AKL-17) in commercial use as the tuna longliner F/V Sea Bird moored pierside at Sea Port Village, San Diego, CA., August 2003. |
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F/V Sea Bird moored pierside, date and place unknown. |
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Stern view of F/V Sea Bird moored pierside at San Diego, CA., May 2007. |
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Broadside view of F/V Sea Bird moored pierside at San Diego, CA., May 2007. |
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