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    Melville is a census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Middletown and Portsmouth in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. It lies along the...
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    County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 17,871 at the 2020 U.S. census. Portsmouth is the second-oldest municipality in Rhode Island, after...
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  • Melville in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Melville may refer to: Cape Melville (South Shetland Islands) Melville Peak, King George Island Melville...
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    Sea Frontier at Pearl Harbor and Midway, and a training center in Melville, Rhode Island. Although not used in any other PT boat design, Huckins licensed...
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    The governor of Rhode Island is the head of government of Rhode Island and serves as commander-in-chief of the U.S. state's Army National Guard and Air...
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  • Rhode Island schools Note: The schools of Providence County, Rhode Island, USA also have a separate table: Providence County, Rhode Island schools See...
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    Middletown is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 17,075 at the 2020 census. It lies to the south of Portsmouth and...
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    spent the remainder of her career in operations between Norfolk and Melville, Rhode Island. She decommissioned at Norfolk on 25 March 1924 and remained inactive...
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    Island in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Middletown, Rhode Island, and Newport, Rhode Island. The Base also encompasses the northern third of Gould Island...
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    Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Four, the training squadron based at Melville, Rhode Island. On 9 April 1942, one of its torpedoes was accidentally fired, hitting...
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    the U.S. state of Rhode Island. As of the 2020 census, the population was 85,643. It is also one of the seven regions of Rhode Island. The county was created...
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    first American patent for gas lighting. Melville was born in Newport, Rhode Island to David and Mary (West) Melville. He was apparently able to light both...
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    Newport and Narragansett Bay Railroad (category Heritage railroads in Rhode Island)
    Narragansett Bay Railroad is a heritage railroad that operates on Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island. It was formed in 2014-15 from the merger of the for-profit Newport...
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    arriving at New York 7 January 1946. She sailed 19 January 1946 from Melville, Rhode Island, for ports in England, Germany, and France, called at Casco Bay...
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  • Dyer Island is an island in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, United States. It lies off the west coast of Aquidneck Island and is part of Melville CDP...
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    Radford departed Norfolk on 12 October on a shakedown cruise to Melville, Rhode Island. She returned to Hampton Roads on 21 October to join the escort...
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    John F. Kennedy (category American expatriates in the Solomon Islands)
    Chicago and at the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Training Center in Melville, Rhode Island. His first command was PT-101 from December 7, 1942, until February...
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    Oak Lawn or Oaklawn is a historical village in southwest Cranston, Rhode Island. Before being named "Oak Lawn" in 1872 the area was known as "Searle's...
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  • Torpedo Boat Squadrons Training Center in Melville, Rhode Island. He also delivered PT boats from Melville, Rhode Island, to Jacksonville and then to the breaking-in...
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  • PT 109 (film) (category Films set in the Solomon Islands)
    Pacific during World War II. Fresh out of PT boat training school in Melville, Rhode Island, U.S. Navy Lieutenant, junior grade John F. Kennedy used his wealthy...
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    voluntarily entered the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Training Center in Melville, Rhode Island, where he was promoted to lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG). In September...
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    until sailing on 26 February 1946 for Bermuda, stopping en route at Melville, Rhode Island and Bayonne, New Jersey to load diesel oil to be delivered to the...
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    Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery are a pair of separate cemeteries on Farewell and Warner Street in Newport, Rhode Island. Together they contain...
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  • Boat Basin and the Melville Grille restaurant. Several former America's Cup yachts are stored there during the winter. Rhode Island's Civil War Hospital...
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    The current lieutenant governor of Rhode Island is Sabina Matos, who was sworn in on April 14, 2021, after Daniel McKee succeeded to the office of governor...
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    Melville Bull (September 29, 1854 – July 5, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Bull attended Phillips Exeter...
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  • list of PT boat bases used by the US Navy during World War II. Melville, Rhode Island - PT Training Center New York, New York - Commissioning Detail New...
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  • Rhode Island is the 17th-wealthiest state in the United States of America, with a per capita income of $21,688 (2000) and a personal per capita income...
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    Rhode Island's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It includes all of Bristol and Newport counties...
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  • delegations from Rhode Island to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. The current dean of the Rhode Island delegation is...
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