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Machine Guns in Narragansett Bay

Author : Christian M. McBurney

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 199 pages

File Size : 28,71 MB

Release : 2023-07-10

Category : History

ISBN : 1439678391

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During World War I and World War II, Rhode Island was dotted with coastal forts filled with large caliber guns. Yet they were never fired in anger. By contrast, from 1929 to 1933, during Prohibition, U.S. Coast Guard vessels frequently fired machine guns at rumrunners in Narragansett Bay. Machine gun fire killed three rumrunners and wounded another on the notorious Black Duck. Despite the incident drawing national protests, the carnage continued. The Coast Guard fired machine guns at dozens more rumrunners in Rhode Island waters, killing another man, severely wounding two others, and causing several boats to explode or sink. Join author and historian Christian McBurney as he explores the use of excessive force in Narragansett Bay and other Rhode Island waters.



Machine Guns in Narragansett Bay: The Coast Guard’s War on Rumrunners

Author : Christian M. McBurney

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 1 pages

File Size : 19,4 MB

Release : 2023-07

Category : History

ISBN : 1467149683

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During World War I and World War II, Rhode Island was dotted with coastal forts filled with large caliber guns. Yet they were never fired in anger. By contrast, from 1929 to 1933, during Prohibition, U.S. Coast Guard vessels frequently fired machine guns at rumrunners in Narragansett Bay. Machine gun fire killed three rumrunners and wounded another on the notorious Black Duck. Despite the incident drawing national protests, the carnage continued. The Coast Guard fired machine guns at dozens more rumrunners in Rhode Island waters, killing another man, severely wounding two others, and causing several boats to explode or sink. Join author and historian Christian McBurney as he explores the use of excessive force in Narragansett Bay and other Rhode Island waters.



Bootleggers, Lobstermen & Lumberjacks

Author : Matthew P. Mayo

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 321 pages

File Size : 13,21 MB

Release : 2010-10-05

Category : History

ISBN : 0762766964

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The story of New England is built on an endless armature of fascinating tales of Yankee ingenuity and hardy, intrepid characters. Bootleggers, Lobstermen, and Lumberjacks takes the top fifty wildest episodes in the region’s bygone days and presents them to the reader in one convenient, narrative-driven package. Including incredible but true tales of hardy Yankee hill folk and crusty seafarers engaged in all manner of amazing activity—from witch-hunting to log rolling, sometimes with tragic results—this book is a perfect stroll through New England’s past for resident and visitor alike. Yankee history is rife with all manner of shipwreck victims surviving any way they know how; Indian, pirate, and shark attacks, cougar and bear attacks, and, of course, rum runners and bootleggers doing what they do best.





Rhode Island Disasters

Author : Jim Ignasher

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 120 pages

File Size : 46,92 MB

Release : 2010-12-10

Category : Transportation

ISBN : 1614232806

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How could a perfectly sound U.S. military fighter plane simply vanish from formation on a training flight? Why did the crew of a speeding train choose death over salvation? What really happened one foggy night in 1929 when the Coast Guard fired on a rumrunner in Narragansett Bay? Do guardian angels really exist? Can an airplane be jinxed? In his latest book, Jim Ignasher chronicles twenty-three long-forgotten tales of disaster in the Ocean State. His research includes declassified government reports, which allow for some stories to be told in their entirety for the first time. Collectively, these tales present heroes and villains, adventure and the human condition, strange happenings and unsolved mysteries.



Time

Author : Briton Hadden

Publisher :

Page : 1080 pages

File Size : 29,73 MB

Release : 1930

Category : Electronic journals

ISBN :

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Reels for 1973- include Time index, 1973-



World War II Rhode Island

Author : Christian McBurney

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 182 pages

File Size : 34,53 MB

Release : 2017-05-22

Category : History

ISBN : 1439660727

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Rhode Island's contribution to World War II vastly exceeded its small size. Narragansett Bay was an armed camp dotted by army forts and navy facilities. They included the country's most important torpedo production and testing facilities at Newport and the Northeast's largest naval air station at Quonset Point. Three special, top-secret German POW camps were based in Narragansett and Jamestown. Meanwhile, Rhode Island workers from all over the state - including, for the first time, many women - manufactured military equipment and built warships, most notably the Liberty ships at Providence Shipyard. Authors from the Rhode Island history blog smallstatebighistory.com trace Rhode Island's outsized wartime role, from the scare of an enemy air raid after Pearl Harbor to the war's final German U-boat sunk off Point Judith.



Narragansett Bay

Author : Stuart O. Hale

Publisher : Marine Advisory Service University of Rhode Island

Page : 136 pages

File Size : 36,23 MB

Release : 1980

Category : History

ISBN :

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Untold Stories from World War II Rhode Island

Author : Christian McBurney

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 216 pages

File Size : 16,67 MB

Release : 2019-10-21

Category : History

ISBN : 1439668329

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Following the success of World War II Rhode Island, author Christian McBurney returns, with new coauthors Norman Desmarais and Varoujan Karentz, to present extraordinary personal stories of local contributions to the war effort. From John F. Kennedy's training as a PT boat commander at Melville to George H.W. Bush's training as a pilot at Charlestown, the smallest state played an oversized role preparing navy officers and sailors. Important innovations are credited here too. Radar used on night-flying aircraft was developed at Jamestown's Spraycliff Observatory and tested at Charlestown, and at Davisville, Seabees developed a pontoon aircraft landing field tested on Narragansett Bay. Scituate was home to the nation's most successful spy listening station. After these and more captivating stories are revealed, the final chapter details existing World War II sites across the state readers can visit.



Rum War at Sea

Author : Malcolm Francis Willoughby

Publisher :

Page : 236 pages

File Size : 41,21 MB

Release : 1964

Category : Government publications

ISBN :

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