Naval Station Argentia

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United States Navy base

Naval Station Argentia was a major United States Navy base in Newfoundland, Canada, that served as a key Atlantic anti-submarine warfare and communications hub during World War II and the Cold War.

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Label	Occurrences
Argentia Naval Air Station	1
Naval Station Argentia canonical	1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Navy base ⓘ
builtOn	former fishing village of Argentia ⓘ
closed	1994 ⓘ
constructionBegan	1940 ⓘ
coordinatesApprox	47.3°N 53.9°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentUse	commercial port facilities ⓘ industrial park ⓘ logistics and marine services hub ⓘ
decommissioned	1994 ⓘ
environmentalStatus	subject to environmental remediation ⓘ
establishedBy	1940 US–UK base agreement ⓘ Destroyers for Bases Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrisonedBy	U.S. Marine Corps security detachments NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Navy personnel ⓘ civilian employees ⓘ
hasFacility	ammunition storage areas ⓘ communications and radar installations ⓘ deep-water anchorage ⓘ fuel storage tanks ⓘ housing and support services for military personnel ⓘ operations and command buildings ⓘ piers and wharves ⓘ runways for land-based aircraft ⓘ seaplane base ⓘ
hasRole	North Atlantic convoy escort support base ⓘ anti-submarine warfare base ⓘ communications hub ⓘ naval air station ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major U.S. military presence in Newfoundland before its confederation with Canada ⓘ symbol of U.S.–British and U.S.–Canadian wartime cooperation ⓘ
hosted	NATO forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force units NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Canadian Navy units NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Coast Guard units ⓘ U.S. Navy HF and VLF radio transmitters ⓘ U.S. Navy PBY Catalina flying boats NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Navy SOSUS shore terminal NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Navy communications facilities ⓘ U.S. Navy land-based patrol bombers ⓘ U.S. Navy patrol aircraft ⓘ U.S. Navy submarines ⓘ U.S. Navy surface ships ⓘ U.S. Navy weather and oceanographic units NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedAt	Argentia, Newfoundland NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Canada ⓘ Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
locatedNear	Placentia Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Town of Placentia NERFINISHED ⓘ
opened	1941 ⓘ
operatedBy	United States Navy ⓘ
partOf	North Atlantic Treaty Organization infrastructure ⓘ United States Atlantic Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakPopulation	several thousand personnel ⓘ
region	North Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance	forward base for U.S. naval aviation in the North Atlantic ⓘ key North Atlantic anti-submarine warfare node ⓘ major Atlantic communications relay ⓘ
supportedOperation	Battle of the Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ Greenland-Iceland-UK (GIUK) gap surveillance ⓘ North Atlantic convoy operations ⓘ anti-submarine patrols in the North Atlantic ⓘ
transferredTo	Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of Newfoundland and Labrador NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedDuring	Cold War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
usedFor	aircraft staging and refueling ⓘ long-range maritime patrols ⓘ search and rescue operations ⓘ tracking Soviet submarines ⓘ trans-Atlantic communications ⓘ

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Argentia → hostedFacility → Naval Station Argentia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Argentia Naval Air Station