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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
Military Records of Newfoundlanders Who Served in Various Units During World War II, Newfoundland's Grand Banks Genealogical and Historical Data; Occupied St John's: A Social History of a City at War, 1939-1945 Interviews, Memorial University of Newfoundland Digital Archives Initiative; W.I. (Bill) Hann World World II Digital Archive
HHB and Batteries A and B were transferred 3 March 1942 to the New York Port of Embarkation for transshipment to Newfoundland, arriving at Fort McAndrew, Newfoundland 25 March 1942. [1] Battery F activated 27 June 1942. [1] Reorganized as 24th CA (HD) Battalion (Separate) 23 March 1943; reorganized as 24th CA (HD) Battalion (Composite) 10 April ...
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 ...
MV Joseph and Clara Smallwood entering service in 1989, she was built by MIL Davie Incorporated in Lauzon, Quebec, and was specifically designed for the 520 km (280 nmi) seasonal route between North Sydney, Nova Scotia and Argentia, Newfoundland and Labrador. [2]
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.
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 ...