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Commissioned on 12 July 1941, and encompassing what was once\u00a0Camp Dyer<\/a>, NAS Quonset Point was a major naval facility throughout World War II. Beginning in 1943, pilots of the\u00a0Royal Navy<\/a>‘s\u00a0Fleet Air Arm<\/a>\u00a0were trained at Quonset Point to fly the\u00a0Vought F4U Corsair<\/a>, which was then brought into service on British aircraft carriers. Squadrons such as\u00a0VS-33<\/a>\u00a0flew\u00a0anti-submarine<\/a>\u00a0patrols from NAS Quonset Point.[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NAS Quonset Point continued as a major naval facility well into the Cold War. Prior to its closure, it had been home to numerous aviation squadrons, primarily those land-based patrol squadrons operating the\u00a0P-2 Neptune<\/a>\u00a0and carrier-based antisubmarine and airborne early warning squadrons operating the\u00a0S-2 Tracker<\/a>, the\u00a0E-1 Tracer<\/a>,\u00a0SH3D Sea King<\/a>\u00a0helicopters and various modified versions of the\u00a0A-1 Skyraider<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NAS Quonset Point was also the off-season home of Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VX-6<\/a>, later VXE-6<\/a>) during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, operating the LC-47 Skytrain<\/a>, LP-2J Neptune<\/a>, C-54 Skymaster<\/a>, C-121 Constellation<\/a>, and eventually the LC-130F and LC-130R Hercules<\/a>, as well as a variety of helicopters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1950, Coast Guard Air Detachment Quonset Point was established as a sub unit of CGAS Salem<\/a>, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to flying squadrons, the air station was also home to a major aircraft overhaul and repair (O & R) facility, later renamed Naval Air Rework Facility<\/strong> (NARF<\/strong>) Quonset Point<\/strong>. O & R Facilities, and their later incarnation as NARFs, are the predecessor of the present day Fleet Readiness Centers (FRCs), previously known as Naval Aviation Depots (NADEPs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boasting a deepwater port, NAS Quonset Point was also homeport to several\u00a0Essex class aircraft carriers<\/a>, including the\u00a0USS\u00a0Essex<\/em>\u00a0(CV-9)<\/a>,\u00a0USS\u00a0Intrepid<\/em>\u00a0(CV-11)<\/a>,\u00a0USS\u00a0Wasp<\/em>\u00a0(CV-18)<\/a>,\u00a0USS\u00a0Leyte\u00a0<\/em>(CV-32)<\/a>,\u00a0USS\u00a0Antietam<\/em>\u00a0(CV-36)<\/a>,\u00a0USS\u00a0Lake Champlain<\/em>\u00a0(CV-39)<\/a>, and\u00a0USS\u00a0Tarawa<\/em>\u00a0(CV-40)<\/a>, as well as their respective carrier air groups (CAGs or CVSGs). In September 1945, Air Wing Eighteen became\u00a0Air Wing Seven<\/a>\u00a0here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NAS Quonset Point was decommissioned on 28 June 1974\u00a0as part of a series of defense cutbacks which resulted in a nationwide reduction in bases following the end of the US engagement in Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quonset Point Air National Guard Station<\/strong>\u00a0is the home base of the\u00a0Rhode Island Air National Guard<\/a>\u00a0143rd Airlift Wing<\/a>. \u00a0Naval Air Station<\/strong>\u00a0(NAS<\/strong>)\u00a0Quonset Point<\/strong>\u00a0was a\u00a0United States Naval Base<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Quonset Point<\/a>,\u00a0Rhode Island<\/a>\u00a0that was deactivated in 1974. Next to NAS Quonset Point was\u00a0Camp Endicott<\/a>\u00a0at Davisville, home of the Naval Construction Battalions known as the\u00a0Seabees<\/a>. Quonset Point also gave its name to the\u00a0Quonset hut<\/a><\/strong>, a standardized\u00a0temporary structure<\/a>\u00a0used by the U.S. military starting in\u00a0World War II<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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