Wabaquasset

This article is about the Native American band. For the U.S. Navy tug, see USS Wabaquasset (YTB-724).

The Wabaquasset were a band of Native Americans who formerly lived west of the Quinebaug River, in what is now Windham County, Connecticut.

The United States Navy tug USS Wabaquasset was named for them.

References

Department of the Navy Naval Historical Center Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Wabaquasset (ship namesake paragraph)

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