Old defense installation on the Delaware coast

[ikar]

In 1973 I took a trip to a rec area south of Dover. We drove to the beach on an old runway and set up some grills near a large gun bunker.

As you can see there was still some activity going on.

[Teamski]

Welcome to Fort Miles at Cape Henlopen!

 

-Ski

[J_Andrews]

That would be Fort Miles. As late as teh 1980s it was still a military reservation, but used only by a USAR Transportation Watercraft unit (thus the LARCs you photographed) AND as a recreation facility administered from Ft Meade MD.

 

In WWII it was the area HQ base for Army anti-aircraft and coast artillery units (largely the activated Delaware Natl Gd) as well as the Coast Guard beach patrols.

[gwb123]

That area used to be loaded with coastal defenses, as well as Cape May, New Jersey. I have some photos around here from about the same time period. I'll try to get them posted.

[ww2_1943]

It is currently being restored. I was there this past weekend for the dedication of a 16' gun from the USS Missouri donated by the Navy. Check out www.fortmiles.org for more information.

[Vincennes]

I was in the same area over Christmas. Here are a few of my photos. That is me in front of Battery Herring.

 

Paul