Quonset Point, Naval Air Station

by Sean Paul Milligan

Book Overview

The US Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, RI, was originally built as a Neutrality Patrol Seaplane Base.

The 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738589586
• ISBN13: 9780738589589
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.5" x 9.2"