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Delaware Bay

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Delaware Bay
An estuary of the Delaware River emptying into the Atlantic Ocean between eastern Delaware and southern New Jersey.
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Noun1.Delaware BayDelaware Bay - an inlet of the North Atlantic; fed by the Delaware River
DE, Diamond State, First State, Delaware - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
Garden State, Jersey, New Jersey, NJ - a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies
Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east


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Years ago, I wrote about another vessel regulated by the Coast Guard, a ferry that crosses the wide mouth of the Delaware Bay, noting that it had a sign reading, "Life Boats this way," that pointed its 700 passengers to two boats with a capacity of 25 persons each.
Utsch's lies at the entrance to Cape May Canal--not a canal in the usual sense, but a marine shortcut that makes Cape May an island and also allows cruising boats to slip behind the ugly, extensive shoals southwest of the cape itself and avoid the big-ship traffic nexus at the mouth of Delaware Bay.
In September 1920, an extraordinary maritime drama took place in the Atlantic off Delaware Bay.
 
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