What is Quonset hut?
[[File:Quonset.jpg|thumb|300px|Quonset huts in California, in 1946.]][[File:Quonset hut emplacement in Japan.jpg|thumb|A Quonset hut being put in place in Japan, after [[World War II]]]] A '''Quonset hut''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|w|ɒ|n|s|ᵻ|t}}) is a simple [[building]] made of [[steel]] and with two side-walls having the shape of a half-[[circle]]. Quonset huts are made at a [[factory]] and then later put together at their location. They use steel that is [[corrugated]] and [[galvanize]]d. The Quonset hut was first [[design]]ed in the [[United States]]. It was based on the [[Nissen hut]], which was made by the [[British Empire|British]] during [[World War I]]. Hundreds of thousands of Quonset huts were made during [[World War II]]. After the war, the left over huts were sold to the public. The name comes from the site where they were first made. This was [[Quonset Point]] at the [[Camp Endicott|Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center]] in [[Davisville, Rhode Island]].<ref>Building the Navy's Bases in World War II: History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps, 1940–1946, volume 1, Government Printing Office, Washington , 1947.</ref> == Design and history == The first Quonset huts were made in 1941 for the [[United States Navy]]. They needed a building that could be used for many different purposes. At the same time, it had to be light and easy to ship. It also had to be possible to put it together without skilled workers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Benefits and Applications of the Quonset Hut Design|url=https://alaskastructures.com/arctic-exploration-research/benefits-and-applications-quonset-hut-design/|website=Alaska Structures|date=17 May 2016 |access-date=1 November 2017}}</ref> The [[George A. Fuller]] construction company made the first Quonset huts. They were made within 60 days of signing the contract. Afterwards Quonset huts were made by many factories around the world. The original design was a {{convert|16|ft|m}} × {{convert|36|ft|m}} building with a {{convert|8|ft|m}} radius. The