USS BANCROFT(DD598), built at the Fore River shipyard, coming under the Fore River Bridge in early 1942 after being commissioned. Originally sent to the WWII "Alaskan Campaign", in mid 1943 she was then re-assigned to Pearl Harbor for operations in the "PTO"(Pacific Theater of Operations). Between Sept of 1943 and July of 1945 she provided fire support, screening and escort duties for some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific and received 8 Battle Stars for her service. She had a top speed of almost 40 Miles Per Hour. Shortly after WWII she was put into inactive status and in 1973 was sold for scrap.
Fore River Shipyard was a shipyard owned by General Dynamics Corporation located on Weymouth Fore River in Braintree and Quincy, Massachusetts. It began operations in 1883 in Braintree, and moved to its final location on Quincy Point in 1901. In 1913, it was purchased by Bethlehem Steel, and later transferred to Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation. It was sold to General Dynamics in 1963, and closed in 1986. During its operation, yardworkers constructed hundreds of ships, for both military and civilian clients.
Columbian Square is located in South Weymouth near the South Shore hospital . Many consider this a very dangerous intersection
Naval Air Station South Weymouth, Blue Angels in 1961.
Naval Air Station South Weymouth, was an operational United States Navy airfield from 1942 to 1997 in South Weymouth, Massachusetts. It was first established as a regular Navy blimp base during World War II.
The Blue Angels is the United States Navy's flight demonstration squadron. The Blue Angels team was formed in 1946, making it the second oldest formal flying aerobatic team (under the same name) in the world, after the French Patrouille de France formed in 1931. The Blue Angels' six demonstration pilots fly the F/A-18 Hornet, typically in more than 70 shows at 34 locations throughout the United States each year, where they still employ many of the same practices and techniques used in their aerial displays in 1946. An estimated 11 million spectators view the squadron during air shows each full year.
If you were a child of the 1960s or 1970s you would have the opportunity to visit King's Castleland a small amusement park in Whitman MA.
King's Castle Land was the one place a kid could go to hang with Yogi Bear, the 7 dwarfs, King Kong, Frankenstein, the 3 Little Pigs, Alfred E. Newman and a slew of other Disney, Hanna Barbera, random licensed characters. Thinking back, I'm sure at any point one of the "rides" could have lost a bolt and sent a child plummeting to their death, but I think that added to the adventure. There were fire-breathing dragons and Paul Bunyan.
Currently the land has a Stop & Shop on it!
