31. She thereafter served in the Gunnery School as a training ship, along with the torpedo cruiser. 32. By this time an estimated 48, 000 men could call the gunnery school their alma mater. 33. Though assigned to New London, Connecticut, as an antiaircraft gunnery school ship specializing in Newfoundland. 34. Over 5, 000 trainees passed through No 1 Bombing and Gunnery School , including actor Chips Rafferty. 35. The Second World War brought a vast metal-processing plant, a gunnery school and thousands more people. 36. In addition to the flying training, a Flexible Gunnery School was established at the airfield in November 1943. 37. In 1898 he was promoted to rear admiral and became commander of the gunnery school of the Baltic Fleet. 38. At the time, the Gunnery School was said to be the largest all glass structure in the world. 39. It had trained 72 pilots and 700 . mechanics, and 1, 002 men had attended gunnery school . 40. After 1945 there was no need for a gunnery school -or for the airplanes that carried the guns.
