The Newport Naval Training Station: A Postcard History

by Federico Santi

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In the late 19th century, at the site of an old asylum for the poor on Coaster's Harbor Island off the city of Newport, Rhode Island, local residents made a decision that would change American military history forever: they proposed that the 90-acre Island become a U.S. Naval Training Center. Postcards and other artifacts document physical changes over time, activities of enlisted trainees, and images of stationed ships. A detailed history unfolds...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0764343238

ISBN13:9780764343230

Release Date:May 2013

Publisher:Schiffer Publishing

Length:80 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 9.3" x 8.3"

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