Sandy Bay National Harbor of Refuge and the Navy

This book is a 128-page vintage photo book that traces the history of the building of the Harbor of Refuge breakwater in Sandy Bay, Rockport, MA in the early 1900s. It features the many U.S. Naval vessels that visited each summer from 1896 until 1919, the men, the guns, the events and the shipboard life of the times. It also includes stories of Teddy Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet ships that visited often. 128 pages, paperback.