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state of

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. The island is located in the

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and within the city of

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. The USRC Salmon P. Chase (1878) was at one time moored here, where she served as a

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area for the cadets of the

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at the Revenue Cutter Service School of Instruction. The Revenue Cutter Service School of Instruction was the forerunner of the

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