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The Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center was a
United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
Seabee United States Naval Construction Battalions, better known as the Navy Seabees, form the U.S. Naval Construction Force (NCF). The Seabee nickname is a heterograph of the initial letters "CB" from the words "Construction Battalion". Depending upon ...
base located in
Davisville, Rhode Island Davisville, Rhode Island is a village in the town of North Kingstown in the U.S. state of Rhode Island that was formerly the home of the Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center, which housed the United States Navy's SeaBees. Village descr ...
. It operated from 1942 until 1994, when after it was recommended for closure during the 1991 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. It was made up of
Camp Thomas Camp Thomas was a United States Regular Army (United States), Regular Army training facility located in North Columbus, Ohio (now Columbus, Ohio, Columbus), during the American Civil War. It was primarily used to organize and train new infantry r ...
,
Camp Endicott Camp Endicott was a United States Navy Seabee facility, part of Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center at Quonset Point in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. A surviving portion of the camp, now mostly demolished, was listed on the National ...
, the Advanced Base Depot, and the Advanced Base Proving Ground, and was located next to
Naval Air Station Quonset Point A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It includ ...
for most of its existence.


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Flickr.com: Images of Davisville Naval Construction Battalion CenterQuonsetpoint.artinruins.com: BASE − Advancing a Post-Military Landscape
— ''extensive 2000 photographic survey of Davisville & adjacent Quonset Point Naval Bases, by Erik Carlson + Erica Carpenter''. {{North Kingstown, Rhode Island United States Navy installations Buildings and structures in North Kingstown, Rhode Island Buildings and structures in Washington County, Rhode Island Military installations in Rhode Island Narragansett Bay Government buildings completed in 1942 Military installations established in 1942 1942 establishments in Rhode Island 1994 disestablishments in Rhode Island Military installations closed in 1994 Historic American Buildings Survey in Rhode Island Military Superfund sites Superfund sites in Rhode Island