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Goat Island (R.I.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 279 Collections and/or Records:

Torpedo boat, circa 1900

 Item — Box 26: Series I; Series II, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSC-385- Series I- Sub-Series C- Item 100.5176
Scope and Contents

8x11 black and white print showing torpedoes launching from the torpedo boat into Narragansett Bay

Dates: circa 1900
Found in: Naval War College Archives / NWC collection of photographs / Series I. Photographs / Sub-Series C. Navy: Narragansett Bay / Naval Torpedo Station: Goat Island

Torpedo Boat, circa 1940-1943

 Item — Box 26: Series I; Series II, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSC-385- Series I- Sub-Series C- Item 100.5366
Scope and Contents

8x10 black and white photo of unidentified scene. Appears to be a torpedo boat. On the rear of the boat, there are two torpedoes being hauled

Dates: circa 1940-1943
Found in: Naval War College Archives / NWC collection of photographs / Series I. Photographs / Sub-Series C. Navy: Narragansett Bay / Naval Torpedo Station: Goat Island

Torpedo Boat Training Center, circa 1943

 Item — Box 26: Series I; Series II, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSC-385- Series I- Sub-Series C- Item 100.5360
Scope and Contents

8x10 black and white photo of the torpedo boat training center (PT boats), Melville, USN Base. Belongs in Melville folder

Dates: circa 1943
Found in: Naval War College Archives / NWC collection of photographs / Series I. Photographs / Sub-Series C. Navy: Narragansett Bay / Naval Torpedo Station: Goat Island

Torpedo Boat Training Center, circa 1942

 Item — Box 26: Series I; Series II, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSC-385- Series I- Sub-Series C- Item 100.5362
Scope and Contents

8x10 black and white photo of the Torpedo Boat training center, Melville, RI, 7 Sept 1942. Aerial taken from 2,000ft. Should be in the Melville folder

Dates: circa 1942
Found in: Naval War College Archives / NWC collection of photographs / Series I. Photographs / Sub-Series C. Navy: Narragansett Bay / Naval Torpedo Station: Goat Island

Torpedo boats and U.S. Tug boat LEYDEN, circa 1900

 Item — Box 26: Series I; Series II, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSC-385- Series I- Sub-Series C- Item 100.5171
Scope and Contents

8x11 black and white photo of torpedo boats and tug boat LEYDEN. Also pictured in the background are the ferries.

Dates: circa 1900
Found in: Naval War College Archives / NWC collection of photographs / Series I. Photographs / Sub-Series C. Navy: Narragansett Bay / Naval Torpedo Station: Goat Island

Torpedo Drop, circa 1928

 Item — Box 26: Series I; Series II, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSC-385- Series I- Sub-Series C- Item 100.5194
Scope and Contents

5x7 black and white photo of a torpedo drop in Newport Harbor. Note, drogue attached to exercise head of Mark VII Mod. 2A torpedo

Dates: circa 1928
Found in: Naval War College Archives / NWC collection of photographs / Series I. Photographs / Sub-Series C. Navy: Narragansett Bay / Naval Torpedo Station: Goat Island

Torpedo firing, circa 1940-1945

 Item — Box 26: Series I; Series II, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSC-385- Series I- Sub-Series C- Item 100.5396
Scope and Contents

8x10 black and white photo of a torpedo firing from a torpedo boat

Dates: circa 1940-1945
Found in: Naval War College Archives / NWC collection of photographs / Series I. Photographs / Sub-Series C. Navy: Narragansett Bay / Naval Torpedo Station: Goat Island

Torpedo float, circa 1900

 Item — Box 26: Series I; Series II, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSC-385- Series I- Sub-Series C- Item 100.5158
Scope and Contents

4x5 photo of a float at Naval Torpedo station. Probably a Howell torpedo on the float

Dates: circa 1900
Found in: Naval War College Archives / NWC collection of photographs / Series I. Photographs / Sub-Series C. Navy: Narragansett Bay / Naval Torpedo Station: Goat Island

Torpedo handling, circa 1943

 Item — Box 26: Series I; Series II, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSC-385- Series I- Sub-Series C- Item 100.5399
Scope and Contents

8x11 black and white photo of a crew handling a torpedo. Either raising it or lowering it to the bay

Dates: circa 1943
Found in: Naval War College Archives / NWC collection of photographs / Series I. Photographs / Sub-Series C. Navy: Narragansett Bay / Naval Torpedo Station: Goat Island

Torpedo launch, circa 1944-1949

 Item — Box 27: Series I, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSC-385- Series I- Sub-Series C- Item 100.5556
Scope and Contents

8x10 black and white photo of a torpedo being launched, also seen is a torpedo boat used for recovery of the torpedo

Dates: circa 1944-1949
Found in: Naval War College Archives / NWC collection of photographs / Series I. Photographs / Sub-Series C. Navy: Narragansett Bay / Naval Torpedo Station: Goat Island
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