Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center
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Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center | |
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North Kingstown, Rhode Island | |
Coordinates | 41°36′19.43″N 71°26′25.49″W / 41.6053972°N 71.4404139°W |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Navy |
Site history | |
In use | 1942-1994 |
The Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center was a United States Navy Seabee base located in Davisville, Rhode Island. It operated from 1942 until 1994, when after it was recommended for closure during the 1991 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. It was made up of Camp Thomas, Camp Endicott, the Advanced Base Depot, and the Advanced Base Proving Ground, and was located next to Naval Air Station Quonset Point for most of its existence.
External links
- Flickr.com: Images of Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center
- Quonsetpoint.artinruins.com: BASE − Advancing a Post-Military Landscape — extensive 2000 photographic survey of Davisville & adjacent Quonset Point Naval Bases, by Erik Carlson + Erica Carpenter.
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Washington County, Rhode Island
(Advance Base Depot, Davisville HABS images).
Washington County, Rhode Island
(Advance Base Depot, Davisville HABS images).
Categories:
- United States Navy installations
- Buildings and structures in North Kingstown, Rhode Island
- Buildings and structures in Washington County, Rhode Island
- Military installations in Rhode Island
- Narragansett Bay
- Government buildings completed in 1942
- Military installations established in 1942
- 1942 establishments in Rhode Island
- 1994 disestablishments in Rhode Island
- Military installations closed in 1994
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Rhode Island
- Military Superfund sites
- Superfund sites in Rhode Island