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  2. Naval Station Argentia - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of military installations in Newfoundland and Labrador

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    Royal Canadian Navy: 1949–present 17] Comfort Cove LORAN-C: Comfort Cove ... McAndrew Air Force Base: Argentia: USA

  4. Argentia - Wikipedia

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    War between Britain and Nazi Germany was declared on September 3, 1939, after Adolf Hitler's forces invaded Poland.. Argentia was selected in 1940 to be the location of the United States Navy's Naval Station Argentia being built under the United States-British Destroyers for Bases Agreement (which preceded the introduction of Lend-Lease in 1941) which saw fifty obsolete US destroyers given to ...

  5. Harbor Defenses of Argentia and St. John's - Wikipedia

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    It was part of Newfoundland Base Command, established as a result of the 1940 Destroyers for Bases Agreement with the United Kingdom. It coordinated the US Army coast defenses of Naval Station Argentia and the port of St. John's, Newfoundland from January 1941 to 8 September 1945.

  6. Argentine Navy - Wikipedia

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    The Argentine Navy was created in the aftermath of the May Revolution of May 25, 1810, which started the war for independence from Spain. The navy was first created to support Manuel Belgrano in the Paraguay campaign, but those ships were sunk by ships from Montevideo, and did not take part in that conflict. Renewed conflicts with Montevideo ...

  7. List of active Argentine Navy ships - Wikipedia

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    The list of active ships of the Argentine Navy includes ships currently [when?] in commission with the Navy, or operated by the Navy on behalf of other organizations.. As of the mid-2020s, there were about 40 commissioned ships in the navy, including 3 destroyers, 1 amphibious support ship and 2 submarines (though both boats were non-operational as of 2022).