The Harbor Defenses of the Delaware was a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps harbor defense command. It coordinated the coast defenses of the Delaware...

Nelson A. Miles. As the primary fort of the Harbor Defenses of the Delaware, it was built to defend Delaware Bay and the Delaware River and to protect...

United States, was part of the Harbor Defenses of the Delaware, a three-fort defense system designed for the Delaware River during the Reconstruction era and...

in 1675. Along with two other forts of the Harbor Defenses of the Delaware, it defended the Delaware River and the water approach to Philadelphia from...

coastal defense fort near Slaughter Beach and Milford, Delaware. From 1924 to 1943 it was the primary heavy gun defense in the Harbor Defenses of the Delaware...

Fort Delaware is a former harbor defense facility, designed by chief engineer Joseph Gilbert Totten and located on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River...

and World War II the park was the Cape May Military Reservation. Remnants of a gun battery, part of the Harbor Defenses of the Delaware, can be seen today...

1941 Attack of Pearl Harbor. The defenses around Pea Patch Island were disarmed during World War II, as Fort Miles at the mouth of the Delaware estuary superseded...

The Harbor Defenses of New York was a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps harbor defense command. It coordinated the coast defenses of New York City...

The Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays ("Coast Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays" until 1925) (a.k.a. CD/HD Manila Bay) were a United States Army...

Subdivisions. Philadelphia: City of Philadelphia Department of Records. Harbor Defenses of the Delaware "The Federal Road: Arsenal to Navy Yard". 14 October 2006...

Eastwick Frankford Arsenal Harbor Defenses of the Delaware List of coastal fortifications of the United States List of forts List of National Historic Landmarks...

the regular army component of the Harbor Defenses of the Delaware in World War II. The 21st CA (Harbor Defense) (HD) Regiment was active from February...

including the Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth (New Hampshire) and the Harbor Defenses of the Delaware. By World War II, radar had become a better method of determining...

Township of Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. The tower was built in 1942 as part of Fort Miles, the system of harbor defenses of the Delaware Bay...

where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean. Off the coast on the bay side are two lighthouses, called the Harbor of Refuge Light and the Delaware Breakwater...

1905. As the defenses were constructed, each harbor or river's installations were controlled by Artillery Districts, renamed Coast Defense Commands in...

Fort Roberdeau Fort Shirley Fort Venango Forty Fort Harbor Defenses of the Delaware Light's Fort List of forts in Washington County, Pennsylvania Redstone...

recognition of his wartime service. After the war, Stewart was superintending engineer of the defenses of the Delaware River and Delaware Bay (1865-1870)...

Harbor Defenses of the Delaware, defense of Philadelphia, had three 12-inch disappearing guns by about 1901, and also three 10-inch guns added to the...

Battalion and Battery E being the caretaking battery for the Harbor Defenses of the Delaware (HD Delaware) at Fort DuPont, Delaware. All other elements remained...

of the forts, controlled underwater minefields, and other coastal defenses of a particular harbor or river. Harbor Defense Commands, along with the similar...

Maryland and Delaware troops prevented greater losses. The remainder of the army retreated to the main defenses on Brooklyn Heights. The British dug in...

unit served as the National Guard component of the Harbor Defenses of the Delaware, principally at Fort Miles, Delaware. 2nd Battalion as the 122nd Coast...

for other harbor defenses. Prior efforts at harbor defense construction had ceased in the 1870s. Since that time, the design and construction of heavy ordnance...

the Art of War from French, with George H. Mendell in 1862. After the Civil War, Craighill superintended construction of defenses at Baltimore Harbor...

redeployment of the Pacific portion of the fleet to Pearl Harbor. He believed that a forward defense was neither practical nor useful, and that the Pacific...

Delaware beginning December 30, 1861 and mustered in May 15, 1862 for three years of service. The regiment was attached to Slough's Brigade, Defenses...

an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. R-19's keel was laid down by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco on 23 June...

six Harbor Defense Commands that had been disarmed in the 1920s; augment existing and new harbor defenses in the US and overseas; and for new defenses in...