Narragansett Bay (R.I.)

8x10 black and white photo of a torpedo boat, as seen from above, with two crew on deck.

4x6 color aerial photo of NWC graduation on Colbert Plaza. A speaker is at the podium addressing seated graduating students, with international flags flying behid the dias. The Newport Bridge and bay can be seen in the background.

8x10 black and white photo showing Gull Rock skeleton tower in Newport Harbor with A-frame facility and residence, concrete pier, and boat launch.

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.