Editing Quonset Point (section)

{{Short description|Peninsula in Rhode Island, US}}
{{Other uses|Quonset (disambiguation)}}

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[[File:NAS Quonset Point NAN10-74.jpg|thumb|Quonset Point in the 1960s]]
[[File:Quonset Point Naval Air Station (38643495245).jpg|thumb|2016 view of Quonset Point showing [[Quonset State Airport]]|alt=]]
'''Quonset Point''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=Pronunciation of Quonset Point.ogg|ˈ|k|w|ɒ|n|s|ᵻ|t}}), also known simply as '''Quonset''', is a small [[peninsula]] in [[Narragansett Bay]] in the town of [[North Kingstown, Rhode Island]]. Its name is widely known from the [[Quonset hut]], which was first manufactured there. ''Quonset'' is an [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]] word meaning "small, long place".<ref>{{cite book|author=William Bright|title=Native American Placenames of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5XfxzCm1qa4C|year=2004|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-3598-4|page=404}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Charles L. Cutler|title=O Brave New Words|url=https://archive.org/details/obravenewwords00char|url-access=registration|year=2000|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-3246-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/obravenewwords00char/page/194 194]}}</ref>

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 industry located there is a hull-fabrication and outfitting facility for the [[Electric Boat Corporation]].  It was also home to [[Camp Endicott]], home to the Atlantic fleet [[Seabees]].

Quonset Point is currently home to [[Quonset State Airport]]  which is a joint civil-military public airport home to the [[Quonset Point Air National Guard Station]] and the [[143d Airlift Wing]] (143 AW) of the Rhode Island [[Air National Guard]], flying the [[C-130J Hercules]].