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station. Battery 519 originally housed two 12-inch (305 mm) guns. It is currently being renovated for use as a museum, celebrating
Delaware's part in World War II. Tours began in 2004. It has a restored 12-inch gun similar to the original mounted at the south gun block. Additionally, it is
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in New Jersey. The first was
Battery 25 with four 155 mm (6.1 in) guns on Panama mounts, built in 1942. Battery 223, a 6-inch (152 mm) battery similar to Batteries 221 and 222 at Fort Miles, was built in 1943. A 90 mm (3.5 in) gun battery was also built at Cape May in 1943.
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In late 1942 construction had yet to begin on
Battery 119, the second 16-inch (406 mm) gun battery at the fort. Battery 119 was cancelled and replaced with Battery 519, a casemated battery of two 12-inch (305 mm) guns relocated from Fort Saulsbury. Construction began on Battery 519 on 15
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was planned to be added. Battery
Herring, originally covered with sand like all the other batteries, was excavated and expanded for use as NAVFAC Lewes. That structure was removed with the former administration and barracks facility now a conference center. Battery Hunter is in use currently as a
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The four largest coastal batteries at Fort Miles are
Battery 118 (Battery Smith), Battery 221 (Battery Herring), Battery 222 (Battery Hunter), and Battery 519. Due to the late date of its completion, Battery 519 was never formally named and was only designated by its Army Corps of Engineers
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process. Fort Miles, consisting of approximately 96 acres, was transferred to the State of
Delaware only for public park or recreational purposes. The State of Delaware reimbursed the Army MWR fund $ 14,369 for expenses expended to improve the property. Its last official usage was as a
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Most of Fort Miles was declared surplus in 1948 and 1949, but the Army continued to use portions of it through the early 1990s as a Morale, Welfare and
Recreation (MWR) area for active and retired military personnel and their families, with the facility coming under the management of
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in June 1940 greatly accelerated US defense planning and funding. On 27 July 1940 the Army's Harbor
Defense Board recommended the construction of 27 (eventually 38) 16-inch (406 mm) two-gun batteries to protect strategic points along the US coastline, to be
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By 1950 the Army's coast defense role had been transferred to the Navy and coastal artillery defenses were obsolete with the fort becoming surplus. The Army continued to use portions and in 1962 the Navy established Naval
Facility (NAVFAC) Lewes, a
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With a significantly reduced threat from enemy surface forces, in March 1944 the first of several drawdowns at Fort Miles commenced. The Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB) of the 261st Coast Artillery Battalion (CA Bn) moved to
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across the bay in New Jersey that was damaged in a storm. The NAVFAC was in commission 1 May 1962 to 30 September 1981. The headquarters building now houses the Biden Environmental Conference Center.
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Batteries 221 (Herring) and 222 (Hunter) were completed in August 1943 and October 1943, and transferred in March 1944 and December 1943, respectively. Each of these had two
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to guide the Fort Miles Museum that interprets the history of the defense of Delaware’s coast and the role of Fort Miles during the Cold War that followed.
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on long-range carriages, but was unaccompanied by smaller guns. It had effectively replaced several forts much further upriver, centered on
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after its surrender. A former 8-inch (203 mm) railway gun, converted as a 9.12-inch (232 mm) test weapon, is also on site. Four
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in the following years, but the fort was to see no action during the conflict. In May 1945, the soldiers would receive the surrender of
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was one of the coast defense areas of the US that most demonstrated the tendency of defenses to move seaward as gun range increased.
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Anti-Motor Torpedo Boat (AMTB) batteries were at Fort Miles as AMTB 5A and AMTB 5B. These were dual-purpose (anti-surface and
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guns, although the weapons on hand may have varied. Both were completed in June 1943 and transferred in December 1943.
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accelerated construction and other activity at the fort. The United States declaration of war on Japan compelled the
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Gaines, William C., Historical Sketches Coast Artillery Regiments, 1917-1950, National Guard Army regiments 197–265
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took control of a portion of the southern end of Fort Miles, including Batteries Smith and Herring, to establish
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at the fort portray the 261st Coast Artillery Battalion and Detachment A, 1252nd Service Command Support Unit (
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and Cape Henlopen, particularly from the German surface fleet. The fort also operated a
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8-inch (203 mm) railway gun converted to 9.12-inch (232 mm) experimental gun.
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Images of America: Fort Miles, Dr. G. Wray and L. Jennings, Arcadia Publishing, 2005
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remain around Fort Miles; at least one is publicly accessible.
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Wray, Gary (2005). "4: The Surrender of U-858 at Fort Miles".
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Wray, Gary (2005). "4: The Surrender of U-858 at Fort Miles".
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Conn, Stetson; Engelman, Rose C.; Fairchild, Byron (2000) .
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The first operational guns at the fort were four mobile
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The outbreak of war in Europe in September 1939 and the
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1409:. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 91–109.
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Map of Harbor Defenses of the Delaware at FortWiki.com
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Fort Miles was supplemented by three batteries at the
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SOSUS The "Secret Weapon" of Undersea Surveillance".
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415:16-inch (406 mm) gun at Fort Miles in 2015.
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1835:American Seacoast Defenses, A Reference Guide
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1893:. Annapolis: Leeward Publications.
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1910:World War II Order of Battle
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