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Naval Station Argentia (IATA: NWP) is a former base of the United States Navy that operated from 1941 to 1994. It was established in the community of Argentia in the Dominion of Newfoundland, which later became the tenth Canadian province, Newfoundland and Labrador.
List of military installations in Newfoundland & Labrador Name Location Operator Branch Date Coordinates Ref; Allan's Island Radar Station: Allan's Island: USA United States Army: 1943–1945 1] Bell Island Battery: Bell Island: USA
Argentia (/ ɑːr ˈ dʒ ɛ n tʃ ə / ar-JEN-chə) [1] is a Canadian commercial seaport and industrial park located in the Town of Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador. It is situated on the southwest coast of the Avalon Peninsula and defined by a triangular shaped headland which reaches northward out into Placentia Bay creating a natural ...
A command known as the Harbor Defenses of Argentia and St. John's was established in January 1941 to coordinate US coast defence activities in Newfoundland, under the Newfoundland Base Command. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] On 12 February 1942 Battery D, 52nd CA was redesignated [ 8 ] as Battery D, 24th Coast Artillery (Harbor Defense) (Composite) Regiment ...
The Harbor Defenses of Argentia and St. John's was a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps harbor defense command in World War II. [1] It was part of Newfoundland Base Command, established as a result of the 1940 Destroyers for Bases Agreement with the United Kingdom.
Inside the Atlantic triangle: Canada and the entrance of Newfoundland into Confederation, 1939–1949. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-2587-0. MacLeod, Malcolm (1986). Peace of the continent: The impact of Second World War Canadian and American bases in Newfoundland. St. John's, Nfld.: Harry Cuff Publications. ISBN 0-919095-96-8.
Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. OCLC 215070705. Haulman, Daniel L. (2003). One Hundred Years of Flight: USAF Chronology of Significant Air and Space Events 1903–2002 (PDF). Air Force History and Museums Program (Commemorative ed.). Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press. ISBN 978-1973321460.
The aircraft was the last EC-121 in operational service, flying until 25 June 1982. [8] The USAF received 10 RC-121C and 74 EC-121D Warning Stars also based on the L-1049, beginning with diversions from the Navy contracts in October 1953. [9] The 10 RC-121Cs became trainers, designated TC-121C.