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=== Founding === |
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Captain [[Stephen Luce|Stephen B. Luce]] helped establish Naval Station Newport in 1883 for training, and 750 seamen received training that year. |
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=== World War 1 === |
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''"With the outbreak of World War I in 1914 the first preparations for war began, and the Training Station expanded onto Coddington Point. By 1916 there were 7,215 men stationed there, and Newport became the home for a yeoman school, signal school, Hospital Corps Training School, Commissary School, Musician’s School, and a Firemen’s School. After the United States formally entered WWI in April 1917 the Naval Station received authority to increase capacity by 10,000 men. Temporary barracks, mess halls and auxiliary buildings were made into Camp Sadler on Coasters Island, as well as a tent city for 2,800 recruits called Camp Palmer. The enacting of the Selective Service Act of 1917 brought an average of 15,000 men each month for training, and while women were not eligible for the draft, they began enrolling in the Navy at this time. All of this led to more expansion. During WWI, Training Station Newport equipped and sent 65,000 sailors to sea, in addition to thousands of Naval reservists trained there."''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-08-21|title=History Bytes: Naval Station Newport|url=https://newporthistory.org/history-bytes-naval-station-newport/|access-date=2020-06-25|website=Newport Historical Society|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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*[[USS Constellation (1854)#World War I|USS ''Constellation'']] |
*[[USS Constellation (1854)#World War I|USS ''Constellation'']] |
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*Naval Training Station<ref>{{cite web|title=Navy Newport History|url=http://www.uscg.mil/d1/cgcjuniper/files/cnip_050808.pdf|publisher=Newport Navalog July 2008|accessdate=11 December 2012}}</ref> |
*Naval Training Station<ref>{{cite web|title=Navy Newport History|url=http://www.uscg.mil/d1/cgcjuniper/files/cnip_050808.pdf|publisher=Newport Navalog July 2008|accessdate=11 December 2012}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:50, 25 June 2020
| Naval Station Newport | |
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| Newport / Middletown, Rhode Island in USA | |
 Aerial view in 2010 | |
 NAVSTA Newport Insignia | |
  Naval Station Newport | |
| Coordinates | 41°31′20″N 71°18′32″W / 41.52222°N 71.30889°W |
| Type | Military base |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | United States Navy |
| Site history | |
| In use | 1883 - present |
| Garrison information | |
| Past commanders | Captain Douglas W. Mikatarian |
The Naval Station Newport (NAVSTA Newport) is a United States Navy base located in the city of Newport and the town of Middletown, Rhode Island. Naval Station Newport is home to the Naval War College and the Naval Justice School. It once was the homeport for Cruiser Destroyer Force Atlantic (COMCRUDESLANT), which relocated to Naval Station Norfolk in the early 1970s. Newport now maintains inactive ships at its pier facilities, along with the United States Coast Guard. In BRAC 2005 (Base Realignment and Closure), NAVSTA Newport gained over five hundred billets, in addition to receiving, again, the Officer Candidate School (OCS), the Naval Supply Corps School (in 2011[1]), and several other activities, to include a few Army Reserve units.[2]
Mission statement
Naval Station Newport provides the facilities and infrastructure essential to support the operations of tenant commands and visiting fleet units.
History
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Founding
Captain Stephen B. Luce helped establish Naval Station Newport in 1883 for training, and 750 seamen received training that year.
World War 1
According to Newport Historical Society,
"With the outbreak of World War I in 1914 the first preparations for war began, and the Training Station expanded onto Coddington Point. By 1916 there were 7,215 men stationed there, and Newport became the home for a yeoman school, signal school, Hospital Corps Training School, Commissary School, Musician’s School, and a Firemen’s School. After the United States formally entered WWI in April 1917 the Naval Station received authority to increase capacity by 10,000 men. Temporary barracks, mess halls and auxiliary buildings were made into Camp Sadler on Coasters Island, as well as a tent city for 2,800 recruits called Camp Palmer. The enacting of the Selective Service Act of 1917 brought an average of 15,000 men each month for training, and while women were not eligible for the draft, they began enrolling in the Navy at this time. All of this led to more expansion. During WWI, Training Station Newport equipped and sent 65,000 sailors to sea, in addition to thousands of Naval reservists trained there."[3]
- USS Constellation
- Naval Training Station[4]
- 1919 Newport sex scandal
Current operations
The station was home of the decommissioned USS Saratoga (CV-60) after the departure of the USS Forrestal (CV-59) which departed under tow for the inactive ship storage facility in Philadelphia.
On May 8, 2014, Naval Sea Systems Command announced that ESCO Marine, Brownsville, Texas, would scrap Saratoga for one cent.[5] Currently, the Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame is trying to move the decommissioned USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) moored at Pier 2 at the station.[6]
Naval Health Clinic New England provides the health care facilities.
Tenant Commands
- Navy
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2, Detachment
- Coastal Riverine Squadron 8
- 7th Naval Construction Regiment
- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 27 Det 1627
- Naval Undersea Warfare Center
- Naval Academy Preparatory School
- Naval Justice School
- Navy Supply Corps School
- Naval War College
- Officer Candidate School (OCS)
- Officer Development School (ODS)
- Direct Commission Officer Indoctrination Course (DCO)
- Senior Enlisted Academy
- Surface Warfare Officers School[7]
- NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic Public Works Department Newport
- Navy Operational Support Center Newport
- Navy Band Northeast
- Marine Corps
- Marine Corps Detachment Newport (MARDET)[8]
- Coast Guard
- USCGC Ida Lewis (WLM-551)
- USCGC Juniper (WLB-201)
- USCGC Willow (WLB-202)
- USCG Electronics Support Detachment Detal (ESDD) Castle Hill
- USCG Maintenance Augmentation Team (MAT) Newport
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Footnotes
- ^ See: Navy Supply Corps (United States)#Navy Supply Corps School.
- ^ http://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrma/installations/ns_newport/about/tenant_commands/us-army-reserve-center.html
- ^ "History Bytes: Naval Station Newport". Newport Historical Society. 2018-08-21. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Navy Newport History" (PDF). Newport Navalog July 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- ^ "Goodbye, Sara". Providence Journal. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ Lennon, Frank (20 September 2014). "Frank Lennon: JFK carrier could be big boon for R.I." Providence Journal. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ http://www1.netc.navy.mil/swos/
- ^ http://www.cnic.navy.mil/Newport/About/TenantCommands/MarineCorpsDetachmentNewport/index.htm
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