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Rip Raps

Rip Raps is a small 15 acre (60,000 m2) artificial island at the mouth of the harbor area known as Hampton Roads in the independent city of Hampton in southeastern Virginia in the United States. Its name is derived from the Rip Rap Shoals in Hampton Roads, which also gave their name to a 19th-century criminal gang. In 2020 the island was converted into a…

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Allies
Plug Uglies, Bloody Tubs, Nativists
Criminal activities
street fighting, knife fighting assault, murder, robbery, arson, rioting
Ethnicity
Non-Irish American
Founding location
Norfolk, Virginia
Membership .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(est.)
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Rivals
Baltimore Irish gangs

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Rip Raps

Nodes17
Edges16
Triples49
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.117647
Components1

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related to 19th-century criminal gang · 29
Rip Raps → American, American Party, At, Baltimore, Boney, Chambers, Chesapeake Bay, Cropp, Democratic, Elijah, Gregory Barrett Jr, Hampton Roads, Kitty, Know-Nothing, Know-Nothing Riot, Lee, Mal, Marion, New Market, New Market Fire Company
related to Hampton Roads harbor defenses · 11
Rip Raps → August, Civil War, Fort Calhoun, Fort Monroe, Fort Wool, Hampton, Hampton Roads, It, President Andrew Jackson, Virginia, World War II
Allies · 1
Rip Raps → Plug Uglies, Bloody Tubs, Nativists
Criminal activities · 1
Rip Raps → street fighting, knife fighting assault, murder, robbery, arson, rioting
Ethnicity · 1
Rip Raps → Non-Irish American
Founding location · 1
Rip Raps → Norfolk, Virginia
Membership .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(est.) · 1
Rip Raps → ?
Rivals · 1
Rip Raps → Baltimore Irish gangs
Territory · 1
Rip Raps → Hampton, Virginia
Years active · 1
Rip Raps → 1850s

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rip hampton raps roads harbor gang criminal virginia also island baltimore fort wool 19th-century plug uglies several name rap shoals

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Rip RapsAlliesPlug Uglies, Bloody Tubs, Nativists1.00infobox
Rip RapsCriminal activitiesstreet fighting, knife fighting assault, murder, robbery, arson, rioting1.00infobox
Rip RapsEthnicityNon-Irish American1.00infobox
Rip RapsFounding locationNorfolk, Virginia1.00infobox
Rip RapsMembership .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(est.)?1.00infobox
Rip RapsRivalsBaltimore Irish gangs1.00infobox
Rip RapsTerritoryHampton, Virginia1.00infobox
Rip RapsYears active1850s1.00infobox
Rip Rapsis asmall 15 acre0.90text
Rip Rapsrelated to 19th-century criminal gangThe Rip Rap0.60section
Rip Rapsrelated to 19th-century criminal gangHampton Roads0.60section
Rip Rapsrelated to 19th-century criminal gangBaltimore0.60section

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