Newport (R.I.)

5x7 black and white photo of a shuttle boat. Boat has NTS on it - possibly a boat to shuttle to the Naval Torpedo Station

4x5 black and white photo of a mansion in Newport, no dates provided. No additional information provided on the back of the photo

4x5 black and white photo of a mansion in Newport, no dates provided. No additional information provided on the back of the photo.

4x5 black and white photo of a mansion in Newport, no dates provided. No additional information provided on back of photo

This collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by Harold Marple, Specialist Second Class Third Grade, during his time at the Audio-Visual Aids (AVA) Unit in Newport from 1943-1946. It also includes a map of Newport; loose photographs and a map of Naval Station Newport; a 1945 Providence Journal article, and Marple's badge.

Smith, Larry 1892-1987. Reminiscences of her youth and life as a Navy wife, including growing up in Annapolis on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy, social life with midshipmen, marriage, World War I, life in Shanghai and Chefoo, China, and travel to Manila, 1925-1928; Assignment to the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R.I., and comments on the Naval War College in the 1930s; Impressions of Ad­mirals W. T. Sampson, W. Rodgers,]. P. Pringle, T. Hart, R. A. Spruance, E. G. Kalbfus and CAPT R. C. Smith; Assignment to Hawaii; Retirement in Newport, R.I., 1940. Part of History of the Navy in Narragansett Bay Project.

Maps of installations around Narragansett Bay.

• I-49 Goat Island, U.S. Naval Torpedo Station
• I-50 Gould Island U.S. Naval Torpedo Station U.S. Naval Air Facility
• I-51 Rose Island U. S. Naval Torpedo Station
• I-52 U.S. Naval Training Station
• I-54 U.S. Naval Training Station Rifle Range Sachuest
• I-68 U.S. Naval Magazine Prudence Island
• I-47 Fleet Wharf Area including Small Craft Maintenance Facilities [etc.]
• I-42 U.S. Naval Hospital
• I-41 Anti-Aircraft Training Center Price’s Neck
• I-39 Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center Including Motor Torpedo Boat Repair Training Unit Melville R. I.
• I-36 U.S. Naval Fuel Annex [Naval Supply Depot] Areas Nos. 2-3-4, 5
• I-35 U.S. Naval Fuel Annex [Naval Supply Depot] U.S. Naval Net Depot Melville R.I.
• I-28 U.S. Naval Torpedo Station Annex No. 3 Fall River, Mass.
• I-5 Signal Station Block Island, R.I.
• I-48 U.S. Naval Supply Depot Public Works Department Marine Barracks U. S. Naval Torpedo Station Annex, Coddington Cove Area Middletown R. I.

Black and white 8x10 photograph of an aerial view of the Naval Hospital Newport and the surrounding area at an altitude of 3000 ft. Newport neighborhoods are visible as well including the Point and the Broadway area. Third Street and Farewell Street are clearly visible and the farmland separating the Naval Station from the City.

The reverse of photo identifies it as an official photo by the order of the Buureau of Aeronautics, and stamped by the U.S. Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, R.I. It also identifies the Local Neg, No. Quon X-194; Date 12-22-41; Subject: U.S. Naval Hospital, Newport RI.; Altitude - 3000 ft; View from West, Horiz. Dist. - 10,000 FT.; Lens - 12 inch; Time - 1203.