1924 time capsule captures Navy presence in Newport a century ago
February 14, 2025
February 14, 2025
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news:
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1924 time capsule captures Navy presence in Newport a century ago
NEWPORT, R.I. - By 1924, the Naval Torpedo Station on Goat Island in Rhode Island, a predecessor organization of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport established in 1869, employed just over 1,000 civilians for the research, development and production of torpedoes for the U.S. Navy fleet. . . .
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1924 time capsule captures Navy presence in Newport a century ago
NEWPORT, R.I. - By 1924, the Naval Torpedo Station on Goat Island in Rhode Island, a predecessor organization of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport established in 1869, employed just over 1,000 civilians for the research, development and production of torpedoes for the U.S. Navy fleet. . . .