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  2. Naval Station Argentia - Wikipedia

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    A PBO-1 Hudson of VP-82 at NAS Argentia in early 1942. February 1942 saw the Argentia base at the centre of one of the worst accidental disasters in the US Navy's history when USS Pollux and USS Truxtun grounded and were lost with heavy casualties 75 mi (121 km) southwest of the base. Over 100 victims were buried in Argentia's military cemetery.

  3. List of military installations in Newfoundland and Labrador

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    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

  4. Argentia - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

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

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    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.

  6. Pepperrell Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. USS Prairie (AD-15) - Wikipedia

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    USS Prairie (AD–15) was a Dixie-class destroyer tender built just before the start of World War II for the U.S. Navy.Her task was to service destroyers in, or near, battle areas and to keep them fit for duty.

  8. Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve - Wikipedia

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    The Naval Reserve was established in 1900 with the government paying for the expenses of men who came to St. John's for 28 days of training on board HMS Calypso.The vessel was to have been berthed at Argentia, but Sir Cavendish Boyle, the governor, suggested that most people, crew and citizens alike, would appreciate having the ship docked in St. John's. [1]

  9. Ernest Harmon Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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    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.

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