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Ship Island (Mississippi) Ship Island is the collective name for two barrier islands off the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, part of Gulf Islands National Seashore: East Ship Island and West Ship Island. Hurricane Camille split the once single island into 2 separate islands in 1969. West Ship Island is the site of Fort Massachusetts (built 1859â66), as a Third System fortification.
Below are excerpts from the Castle Island Association's brochure, which describes some of the rich history of the fort: In 1634, Governor Dudley of Massachusetts Bay Colony, selected Castle Island for the sea defense of Boston. The first fortifications were an earthwork and two platforms, with three cannons. A pine log fort (1644), the second fort, was replaced with a more substantial structure in 1653.