Editing Quonset hut (section)

{{Short description|Lightweight prefabricated structure}}
{{Other uses|Quonset (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Quonset.jpg|thumb|300px|Quonset huts at [[Point Mugu, California|Point Mugu]], [[California]], in 1946 with [[Laguna Peak]] in the background.]]

A '''Quonset hut''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|w|ɒ|n|s|ᵻ|t}} is a lightweight prefabricated structure of [[corrugated galvanized steel]] with a semi-circular cross-section. The design was developed in the United States based on the [[Nissen hut]] introduced by the British during [[World War I]]. Hundreds of thousands were produced during [[World War II]], and military surplus was sold to the public. The name comes from the site of their first deployment at [[Quonset Point]] at the [[Camp Endicott|Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center]] in [[Davisville, Rhode Island|Davisville]], [[Rhode Island]].<ref>''Building the Navy's Bases in World War II: History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps, 1940–1946'', volume 1, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1947.</ref>