Quonset Point

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Quonset Point is a peninsula in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, known historically for the Quonset Point Naval Air Station and as the namesake of the Quonset hut.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former military installation
military air base
peninsula
prefabricated structure
adjacentTo Narragansett Bay shipping channels
branchOf United States Navy NERFINISHED
closed 1974
coast Atlantic Ocean coast NERFINISHED
conflict World War II
country United States of America
surface form: United States
developedAt Quonset Point Naval Air Station NERFINISHED
economicRole automobile import hub
manufacturing center
governingBody Town of North Kingstown NERFINISHED
hasFacility Port of Davisville NERFINISHED
Quonset State Airport NERFINISHED
hasTransportation deep-water port
highway access
rail connections
historicalUse military industrial area
naval aviation base
knownFor Quonset Point Naval Air Station NERFINISHED
Quonset huts
locatedIn Narragansett Bay NERFINISHED
North Kingstown, Rhode Island NERFINISHED
Washington County, Rhode Island NERFINISHED
locatedOn Quonset Point NERFINISHED
namedAfter Quonset Point NERFINISHED
namedFor Quonset hut
near Newport, Rhode Island NERFINISHED
Providence, Rhode Island NERFINISHED
partOf Quonset Business Park NERFINISHED
redevelopedBy Quonset Development Corporation NERFINISHED
region New England NERFINISHED
state Rhode Island
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
usedFor anti-submarine warfare operations
aviation
field hospitals
industrial development
military housing
naval aviation training
port operations
storage buildings
usedIn World War II NERFINISHED

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