Brief History of the Quonset Hut
History of the Quonset hut The U.S. Navy needed a versatile, multi-use building in 1941 that was easy to ship and could be assembled without any special skills or tools. The original huts were five meter by eleven meter structures with steel members and a two and a half meter radius. The sides were crafted out of corrugated sheets of steel, while the two ends were plywood covered structures with doors and windows. The insides consisted of insulated and pressed wood lining with wood flooring. The building could be assembled on concrete, pilings or on the ground directly. The George A.
