USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
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USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. is an attraction in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the east-northeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Battleship Cove, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Route 114 and High Street passes 6.0 miles off.
The story
USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) is a former United States Navy Gearing-class destroyer. The ship was named after Lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., a naval aviator, son of the former U.S. Ambassador to Britain, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., and older brother of future President John F. Kennedy. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. served, with interruptions for modernization, until 1973. Among the highlights of her service are the blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the afloat recovery teams for Gemini 6 and Gemini 7. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. is on display as a museum ship in Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts. She was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989 as one of a small number of surviving Gearing-class destroyers.
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Wikidata Q7870601, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1945
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 6.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 12.0 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 13.7 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 12 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 15 mi
- Lookout Point · 22 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fall River Heritage State Park: 0.1 mi
- Turner Playground: 0.3 mi
- Heritage Park: 0.3 mi
- Gates of the City: 0.3 mi
- Senator Thomas Norton City Pier: 0.5 mi
- Portas Da Cidade: 0.3 mi
- Early Warren and the start of King Philip's War: 5.2 mi
- In Memory of Hugh Cole: 5.3 mi
- Latham Cornell Monument: 5.7 mi
- Warren Vietnam Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Children’s Museum of Greater Fall River: 0.5 mi
- Pokanoket Tribal lands: 4.2 mi
- Bristol Train of Artillery Museum: 6.2 mi
- Bristol County Courthouse: 6.2 mi
- Bristol Art Museum: 6.3 mi
- Brayton Point Beach: 1.2 mi
- Swansea Town Beach: 3.2 mi
- Juniper Trail Beach: 4.3 mi
- Pierce Beach: 4.4 mi
- Grinnell's Beach: 6.3 mi
- Brayton Point Salt Marsh: 1.3 mi
- Un-Named: 2.6 mi
- Chace Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Blackledge: 2.8 mi
- Birch Stevens Farm: 2.9 mi
- Fox Hill: 1.9 mi
- Townsend Hill: 2.4 mi
- Townsend Hill: 2.5 mi
- Cook Hill: 3.3 mi
- Pocasset Hill: 4.0 mi
- Battleship Cove: 0.0 mi
- USS Lionfish: 0.0 mi
- USS Hiddensee: 0.0 mi
- USS Massachusetts: 0.1 mi
- Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum: 0.1 mi
- Commonwealth Park "Green Monstah" Mural: 1.0 mi
- John Muir Ecological Pier: 3.7 mi
- Rachel Carson Ecological Pier: 3.8 mi
- Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Ecological Pier: 3.8 mi
- Wes Jackson Ecological Pier: 3.9 mi
- Woodcart Garden: 7.8 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 10.4 mi
- Fragrance Gardens: 12.2 mi
- Herb Garden: 12.4 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 13.2 mi
- Site #36: 19.8 mi
- Little Beach: 20.7 mi
- Big Beach: 20.7 mi
- 4: 21.6 mi
- 6: 21.6 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 6.3 mi
- Tree Point Rocks: 6.7 mi
- Usher Rocks: 7.3 mi
- King Phillips Lookout: 14.3 mi
- The Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 5.5 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 5.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 21.5 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 21.8 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 15.4 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 15.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 17.1 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 17.9 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 15.8 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 15.9 mi
- The Falls: 19.5 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 24.1 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 15.6 mi
- Beavertail Light: 21.5 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copicut Hill | ENE 78° | 109 m | 5.4 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | SSW 202° | 95 m | 4.0 mi |
| Slate Hill | SSW 205° | 87 m | 12.6 mi |
| Cook Hill | SSW 202° | 85 m | 3.3 mi |
| Great Meadow Hill | NNW 347° | 78 m | 12.3 mi |
| Townsend Hill | SSW 206° | 77 m | 2.4 mi |
| Townsend Hill | SSW 206° | 77 m | 2.5 mi |
| Great Rock | NNW 329° | 71 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tiverton, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Fall River · 0 mi
- Swansea · 3 mi
- Somerset · 5 mi
- Bristol County · 6 mi
- Bristol · 6 mi
- Tiverton · 6 mi
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