The Navy in Newport

The Navy in Newport
Author: Lionel D. Wyld
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2004-04-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738535500

Known widely as "the City by the Sea," Newport has a long history of maritime activity. Since the Colonial period, it has been an important seaport for the mercantile trade and a harbor of inestimable value for naval vessels. In 1869, the navy opened the Naval Torpedo Station on Goat Island in Newport harbor. The Naval War College on Coasters Harbor Island and the Naval Training Station soon followed. The navy's Newport presence expanded through two world wars; in the 1940s, the U.S. Naval Operating Base included extensive facilities on both sides of Narragansett Bay. Today, Newport remains a site of naval training, research, and development. The prestigious Naval War College, the Naval Education and Training Center, and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center have kept the navy a leading Rhode Island and southeastern New England employer.

The Newport Naval Training Station

The Newport Naval Training Station
Author: Federico Santi
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2013
Genre: Nautical training-schools
ISBN: 9780764343230

In the late 19th century, at the site of an old asylum for the poor on Coaster's Harbor Island off the city of Newport, Rhode Island, local residents made a decision that would change American military history forever: they proposed that the 90-acre Island become a U.S. Naval Training Center. Postcards and other artifacts document physical changes over time, activities of enlisted trainees, and images of stationed ships. A detailed history unfolds through historical documents, 19th century newspapers, and detailed images. The metamorphosis of Newport, Rhode Island into today's vibrant city is revealed. Development of the Newport Naval Training Station, still in use as Naval Station Newport and The Navy War College, waxed and waned with political forces and both world wars. Postcard images show all facets of life on the base: from the mundane, like washing clothes, to the serious, like drilling, sham battles, artillery training, signal training, and life aboard the battleship USS Constellation.

Naval Station Newport, Newport Rhode Island

Naval Station Newport, Newport Rhode Island
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015
Genre: Environmental impact analysis
ISBN:

This Administrative Record (AR) is the collection of documents supporting cleanup decisions at sites managed under the Installation Restoration Program (IRP) and Munitions Response Program (MRP) at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Newport. These programs have been implemented by the Navy to address contaminant release areas or "sites" which are subjected to management under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Development and maintenance of the AR is part of the Navy's active efforts to provide accurate, timely, and comprehensive information to the stakeholders and the public on the IRP and MRP activities at NAVSTA Newport. The documents that comprise the AR have been compiled onto a set of three DVDs contained in this binder. The Navy plans to update this collection of DVDs each year with documents released during the previous year. The AR can also be found on the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) website at https://go.usa.gov/Tsy This website is updated constantly throughout the year and therefore has the most recent information.

Newport Naval Base Blueprints and Maps

Newport Naval Base Blueprints and Maps
Author: Naval base, Newport, RI.
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1987
Genre: Coasters Harbor Island (Newport, R.I.)
ISBN:

Sketches, site plans, blueprints and maps of buildings, storage areas, fixtures, roofs, sewer disposal facilities, and electrical systems of U.S. Naval Station, U.S. Naval Base, U.S. Naval Supply Depot, U.S. Naval Net Depot, U.S. Naval Torpedo Station, U.S. Naval Hospital, U.S. Naval Coal Depot and buildings on Coasters Harbor Island, 1917-1987.

Navy in Newport

Navy in Newport
Author: Lionel D. Wyld
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2004-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781531620639

Known throughout the world as "The City by the Sea," Newport, Rhode Island, has a long history of maritime activity. Since the Colonial period, Newport has been recognized as both an important seaport for the mercantile trade and a harbor of inestimable value for naval vessels. I n 1869, the U.S. Navy opened its pioneer site in the region, the Naval Torpedo station on Goat Island in Newport harbor. The Naval War College on Coasters Harbor Island and the Naval Training Station soon followed. The navy's presence expanded through two world wars; and in the 1940s the U.S. Naval Operating Base with headquarters in Newport, included extensive naval facilities on both sides of Narragansett Bay. Today, Newport remains an integral site of naval training, research, and development. The prestigious Naval War College, the Naval Education and Training Center, and other navy command schools, in addition to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center with its Division Newport, have kept this branch of the armed services a leading employer in Rhode Island and southeastern New England.