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Description - Quonset Point, Naval Air Station, Rhode Island by Sean Paul Milligan

The United States Naval Air Station, Quonset Point,

RI, originally built as a Neutrality Patrol Seaplane

Base, eventually became a unique and fundamentally

important asset to the American armed forces. In

World War II, more than one half of all U-boats sunk by

U.S. aviation--including the first two--were destroyed

by Quonset-trained shore and carrier-based squadrons.

In the years following World War II, Quonset remained

a premier industrial naval air station, sending squadrons

or overhauling equipment for use in the Korean,

Vietnam, and Cold War conflicts. For thirty-four years

and through four wars, the Quonset Point Naval Air

Station stood proud and tall on behalf of the United

States military.

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