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90–100 aircraft. USS Leyte (CV/CVA/CVS-32, AVT-10) was one of 24 Essex -class aircraft carriers built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the third US Navy ship to bear the name. Leyte was commissioned in April 1946, too late to serve in World War II.
Quonset huts at Point Mugu, California in 1946 (Laguna Peak in background) A Quonset hut being put in place at the 598th Engineer Base Depot in Japan, post-World War II. A Quonset hut / ˈ k w ɒ n s ɪ t / is a lightweight prefabricated structure of corrugated galvanized steel with a semi-circular cross-section.
The name Rhode Island was transferred to SSBN-740, for which a construction contract had not yet been awarded. The contract to build Rhode Island (SSBN-740) was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 5 January 1988 and her keel was laid down there on 15
143rd Airlift Wing. The 143d Airlift Wing (143 AW) is a unit of the Rhode Island Air National Guard, stationed at Quonset Point Air National Guard Station, Rhode Island. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command. Its mission is to transport personnel and equipment, or, when activated ...
The Seaview Transportation Company, also known as the Seaview Railroad, is a terminal railroad in North Kingstown, Rhode Island that serves the port of Davisville and surrounding industries. The railroad began operations in 1978 on trackage that formerly served Quonset Point Air National Guard Station.
78000015 [1] Added to NRHP. October 19, 1978. Camp Endicott was a United States Navy Seabee facility, part of Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center at Quonset Point in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. A surviving portion of the camp, [2] now mostly demolished, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Electric Boat Corporation, Groton, Connecticut, Quonset Point, Rhode Island; Everett Ship Repair, Everett, Washington; Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock, Newark, New Jersey (1917–1949) Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts (1901–1964) Gas Engine & Power Company & Charles L. Seabury Company, Morris Heights, Bronx, New York
History. VS-32 was established as Composite Squadron 32 (VC-32) on 31 May 1949. It was redesignated Air Anti- Submarine Squadron 32 (VS-32) on 20 April 1950. The squadron initially flew the Grumman TBM-3E/-3W Avenger and was based at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia. In 1951 the squadron moved to Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island.