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3 unusual facts about Hog Island


Arosa Kulm

The SS Arosa Kulm was a passenger ship which was launched at Hog Island, Pennsylvania in 1919 and ended as being sold for scrapping in 1959.

Hog Island, Philadelphia

Starting in 1925, the Pennsylvania Air National Guard used a small part of Hog Island as a training field for its pilots.

SS Robin Moor

The ship was completed in 1919 by the emergency shipbuilding works of American International Shipbuilding Corp. at Hog Island, just outside Philadelphia.


Virginia Coast Reserve

It consists of 14 barrier islands along the Atlantic coast of the Virginia portion of the Delmarva Peninsula, including Parramore Island, Hog Island, Virginia, Smith Island, Virginia, Assawoman Island, and Metompkin Island.


see also

Algoriphagus

A. machipongonensis ( Alegado et al. 2012, ; Algonquin noun "Machipongo", Hog Island, Virginia, USA; Latin suff. -ensis, of or belonging to; New Latin masculine gender "machipongonensis", of or belonging to Machipongo/Hog Island).

Star Island

The first permanent settlement of Star Island began in 1677 when the Province of Maine, under Massachusetts rule, undertook to increase taxes on nearby Hog Island (now Appledore Island).