Naval Station Argentia (IATA: NWP) is a former base of the United States Navy that operated from 1941 to 1994. It was established in the community of Argentia...
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Hitler's forces invaded Poland. Argentia was selected in 1940 to be the location of the United States Navy's Naval Station Argentia being built under the United...
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the United Kingdom. It coordinated the US Army coast defenses of Naval Station Argentia and the port of St. John's, Newfoundland from January 1941 to 8...
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during World War II and responsible for monitoring air traffic from Naval Station Argentia to Gander and into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It was located on Allan’s...
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USS Prairie (AD-15) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
between Atlantic ports from Colon, C.Z. to Argentia, Newfoundland. She was docked at Naval Station Argentia, tending Allied ships, on 7 December 1941 as...
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List of United States Navy airfields (redirect from List of US Naval Air Stations)
airfields are designated as Naval Air Stations or Naval Air Facilities, with Naval Outlying Landing Fields (NOLF) and Naval Auxiliary Landing Fields (NALF)...
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on 28 May 1944 and flew approximately 16 hours to Naval Station Argentia, Newfoundland. From Argentia, the blimps flew approximately 22 hours to Lajes...
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Lajes Field (redirect from Naval Air Facility Lajes)
Goodyear-built K-ships from Naval Air Station South Weymouth in Massachusetts to their first stopover base at Naval Station Argentia, Newfoundland and then...
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during World War II and responsible for monitoring air traffic from Naval Station Argentia to RCAF Torbay and into the Atlantic Ocean. It was located in St...
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their joint declaration on 14 August 1941 from the US naval base on the bay, Naval Base Argentia, which had recently been leased from Britain as part of...
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communities are Burin, Marystown, and Placentia. On 14 August 1941 US Naval Station Argentia located in Little Placentia Sound was the site of the Atlantic Conference...
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Pepperrell Air Force Base (section Units stationed)
station was simultaneously under construction at Naval Station Argentia, along with a USAAF base at Stephenville. Coast defence elements at Argentia were...
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Islands by way of Little Placentia Sound and Naval Station Argentia, Newfoundland, arriving in the main British naval base at Scapa Flow on 19 May. There, they...
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one squadron, AEW Squadron Eleven (VW-11), permanently based at Naval Station Argentia, Newfoundland. Their mission was to fly orbits to the Azores and...
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Station Argentia in Newfoundland, closed 1994 Naval Air Station Bermuda Annex Mulberry harbour, Normandy Operation Overlord, Navy built harbour Naval Base...
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Charleston Naval Hospital Oakland Naval Hospital Orlando Naval Reserve Center Gadsden Naval Reserve Center Montgomery Naval Station Argentia Naval Station Charleston...
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the Act, of espionage in relation to the SOSUS network site at Naval Station Argentia in Newfoundland. Hong Kong has the Official Secrets Ordinance 1997...
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Air Force Base in 1948; transferred to US Navy, 1955) A Naval Air Station: Naval Station Argentia (closed 1994). Location of the August 1941 Atlantic Conference...
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Converted in November 1945 to Mk.10SR and assigned to No. 10 RU at Naval Station Argentia. Converted to Mk.10MR in April 1951 and assigned to 107 Unit at...
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Massachusetts, and flew approximately 16 hours to Naval Station Argentia, Newfoundland. From Argentia, the blimps flew approximately 22 hours to Lajes...
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It is surrounded by hills. It is located close to Argentia, the site of the Naval Station Argentia. According to some sources, Fox Harbour got its name...
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Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia; at Naval Station Argentia in Newfoundland, Canada; and at the National Naval Medical Center in Maryland. He worked...
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administrations support base of a Green Pine communications crew from Naval Station Argentia. The detachment did not officially exist on the base, although it...
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CFS Shelburne (redirect from Naval Facility Shelburne)
Navy terminology may sometimes be seen as Naval Facility (NAVFAC) Shelbourne and Naval Facility (NAVFAC) Argentia, the other Canadian Atlantic SOSUS shore...
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out of Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina; Naval Station Argentia, Newfoundland; and Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, California...
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Germany (1949–1990), and Occupied Berlin (West Berlin) (1947–1990) Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland (Closed 2006) Narsarsuaq Air Base, Greenland (Closed...
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to use two of their properties for events, including runways at Naval Station Argentia, where he eventually brought the Molyslip Endurance Series. Giannou...
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USS Clamagore (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
exercises in the North Atlantic, calling at Portsmouth, England, and Naval Station Argentia, Newfoundland. On 29 June 1959, she arrived at Charleston, her new...
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Newfoundland for attempting to obtain information on the SOSUS site at Naval Station Argentia. John Anthony Walker, a US Navy Chief Warrant Officer and communications...
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Iowa-class battleship (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
conducted a shakedown cruise in Chesapeake Bay before sailing to Naval Station Argentia, Newfoundland, to be ready in case the German battleship Tirpitz...
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