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Marblehead Harbor

<p><b>Marblehead Harbor</b> is a harbor located in <a href="/en/Marblehead,_Massachusetts" title="Marblehead, Massachusetts" class="wl">Marblehead, Massachusetts</a>, 17 miles northeast of <a href="/en/Boston" title="Boston" class="wl">Boston</a>. It is considered the birthplace of the <a href="/en/Continental_Navy" title="Continental Navy" class="wl">Continental Navy</a>, forerunner of the <a href="/en/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy" class="wl">United States Navy</a>, and of <a href="/en/United_States_Marine_Corps_Aviation" title="United States Marine Corps Aviation" class="wl">United States Marine Corps Aviation</a>.</p>

<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt1">Port in United States</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Marblehead Harbor, Location, Country, Locatio...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org" style="font-size:125%">Marblehead Harbor</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span><a href="/en/File:NY_Fleet_in_Marblehead_Harbor.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:NY_Fleet_in_Marblehead_Harbor.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/NY_Fleet_in_Marblehead_Harbor.jpg/280px-NY_Fleet_in_Marblehead_Harbor.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="808" data-file-height="524" data-file-type="bitmap" height="182" width="280" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/NY_Fleet_in_Marblehead_Harbor.jpg/420px-NY_Fleet_in_Marblehead_Harbor.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/NY_Fleet_in_Marblehead_Harbor.jpg/560px-NY_Fleet_in_Marblehead_Harbor.jpg 2x" alt="NY_Fleet_in_Marblehead_Harbor.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The harbor, in 1908</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map mw-kartographer-container center wl" style="width: 280px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer data-style="osm-intl" data-width="280" data-height="200" data-zoom="5" data-lat="42.500686111111" data-lon="-70.844791666667" data-overlays="[&quot;_e3bec54ffccc8d9198e1a1a363d31c3bce477678&quot;]" href="/en/Special:Map/5/42.500686111111/-70.844791666667/en"><img loading="lazy"src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,5,42.500686111111,-70.844791666667,280x200.png?lang=en&amp;domain=en.wikipedia.org&amp;title=Marblehead+Harbor&amp;revid=1027094065&amp;groups=_e3bec54ffccc8d9198e1a1a363d31c3bce477678" alt="Map" width="280" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,5,42.500686111111,-70.844791666667,280x200@2x.png?lang=en&amp;domain=en.wikipedia.org&amp;title=Marblehead+Harbor&amp;revid=1027094065&amp;groups=_e3bec54ffccc8d9198e1a1a363d31c3bce477678 2x"></a><div class="infobox-caption">Location of Harbor in Massachusetts</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color:#006083; color:white">Location</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Country" title="Country" class="wl">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/en/United_States" title="United States" class="wl">United States</a></td></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data locality"><a href="/en/Marblehead,_Massachusetts" title="Marblehead, Massachusetts" class="wl">Marblehead</a>, <a href="/en/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts" class="wl">Massachusetts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system" class="wl">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1073938472" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Marblehead_Harbor&amp;params=42_30_2.47_N_70_50_41.25_W_" class="external text" target="_blank"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms"><span class="latitude">42°30′2.47″N</span> <span class="longitude">70°50′41.25″W</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>



Marblehead Harbor is a harbor located in Marblehead, Massachusetts, 17 miles northeast of Boston. It is considered the birthplace of the Continental Navy, forerunner of the United States Navy, and of United States Marine Corps Aviation. 