The Navy in Newport

Lionel D. Wyld

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Year: 1997
• ISBN:
  9781439631850
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

The visual history of the navy in Newport from mercantile trade to world war and the Naval War College.

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.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
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• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• One - From Colonial Times to the Naval Torpedo Station
• Two - Torpedoes and Torpedo Boats
• Three - The Naval Training Station and Naval War College
• Four - The Navy in Newport: 1900–1940
• Five - The Navy in Newport in World War II
• Six - Postwar Consolidation and Change
• Seven - Epilogue
• Acknowledgments