Keywords: Naval Base
Item 152029
U.S. Naval Frontier Base loading dock, Portland, 1944
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Portland Media: Film negative
Item 152030
U.S. Naval Frontier Base activity, Portland, ca. 1944
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1944 Location: Portland Media: Film negative
Exhibit
Britain was especially interested in occupying Maine during the Colonial era to take advantage of the timber resources. The tall, straight, old growth white pines were perfect for ships' masts to help supply the growing Royal Navy.
Exhibit
Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island
Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.
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"… powers, and timber aplenty to boost Britain’s naval superiority. Such schemes garnered fierce opposition from Bostonian proprietors and the…"
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Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas
"As a naval reserve officer, Thomas served in naval intelligence in Portland during World War II. In this capacity, he died in 1944 at the age of…"
Story
Growing up in Lewiston
by Kathy Becvar
Growing up in Lewiston in the 1960s and 1970s.
Story
Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne
Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII
