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 the years following World War II, Quonset remained a premier industrial Naval air station, s. aviation--including the first two--were destroyed by Quonset-trained shore and carrier-based squadrons.
In World War II, more than one half of all U-boats sunk by U.
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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