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Camp Endicott
Location: North Kingstown, Rhode Island Built: 1942 Architect: Multiple Architectural style: No Style Listed Governing body: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NRHP Reference#: 78000015
[1]Added to NRHP: October 19, 1978 Camp Endicott, later known as Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center, was a United States Navy base Seabee base. It is now a historic site between Seventh and Tenth streets in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
The camp, also known as the Davisville Construction Battalion Center, was built in 1942 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The vast training camp built at Davisville, Rhode Island in 1942 provided more than 100,000 men of the U.S. Navy's Construction Battalions, better known as "Seabees," with construction training during World War II. During the Vietnam War, eight Naval Mobile Construction Battalions representing some 4,000 Seabees were homeported at Davisville, in addition to 1,200 civilians.
Named in honor of Rear Admiral Mordecai T. Endicott, the first Civil Engineer Corps Officer to be appointed Chief of the former Bureau of Yards and Docks, Camp Endicott (later established as the U.S. Naval Construction Battalion Center, Davisville) was also the birthplace of the Quonset hut. These semi-cylindrically shaped, prefabricated, portable buildings were designed and produced at Davisville and shipped to various places throughout the world. Because of its design and worldwide dispersion, the Quonset Hut is considered one of the most universal structures in the world.
The Camp Endicott Historical District at Davisville was established to preserve some of these structures as well as a portion of the former Camp that played a vital role in World War II. The seven-acre District, located at the southern boundary of the Center, contains 17 huts that are currently used by the NCBC Supply Department and a Navy Tenant Activity.[2]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Records of Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center (Retrieved on May 17, 2009)
Coordinates: 41°36′09″N 71°26′16″W / 41.6025°N 71.43778°W
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