Quonset huts

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2001206

Description

Title
Quonset huts
Published / Created
1977
Publication Place
Annapolis
Publisher
Leeward Publications
Abstract

"At least 1,000 were built on Mare Island at the beginning of World War II to provide housing for thousands of commissioned and enlisted dependents. They were called "Homoja Housing," an acronym for Admiral Horne (CNO); Admiral Moreel (Chief, Yards and D

Description
p. 160
Extent
1 p.
approx. 21 x 28 cm.

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Zc72 +977Le
Collection Title
Sidewheelers to nuclear power : a pictorial essay covering 123 years at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard / Sue Lemmon and E. D. Wichels
Collection / Other Creator
Lemmon, Sue
Collection Created
Annapolis : Leeward Publications, c1977

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
Illustrations
Photographs
Subject (Geographic)
Mare Island Naval Shipyard--Vallejo (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic)
Quonset huts
World War, 1939-1945

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
596826
Object ID (OID)
2001206

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