QUONSET POINT

'Quonset Point' is a small peninsula in Narragansett Bay in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It is contained entirely within the town of North Kingstown.
Quonset Point was the location of Naval Air Station Quonset Point, a large United States Navy base. The peninsula is now used for industrial purposes and is partially abandoned. A major industrial tenant is a hull-fabrication and outfitting facility for Electric Boat Corporation.
Route 403 is being rebuilt as a freeway branching from Route 4 to serve the area; it is also served by a railroad spur from Amtrak's Northeast Corridor (along which the Providence and Worcester Railroad operates).

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Ferry Dock

Events on Quonset Point

Ferry Dock

The ferry dock at quonset point is the main terminal for the Martha's Vineyard Fast Ferry Millenium to Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. A shuttle bus leaves every hour before the ferry departs; and after the ferry arrives, a bus travels to the to the Providence Airport (T. F. Green State Airport) and the Kingston Amtrak Train Station.

Events on Quonset Point

The Rhode Island Air Show is held annually by the Rhode Island National Guard.
During the 1950's, Quonset Point was home port for the aircraft carriers, the USS Antietam (CVS 32), USS Tarawa (CVS 40) and the USS Leyte.
During the 1960's and early 1970's, four aircraft carriers used Quonset Point as their home port. The carriers were the USS Lake Champlain, the USS Essex (CVS-9), the USS Wasp (CVS-18) and the USS Intrepid (CVS-11).
BASE: Advancing a Post-Military Landscape An extensive photographic survey of the Quonset Point & Davisville Naval Bases completed in 2000 by Erik Carlson & Erica Carpenter.