If u have ever been to Rehoboth Beach.........in DE.............there are these towers just north of the city...............they used them in WW2..............to look for Nazi subs...........supposedly some got close
ot our coast.............
www.destateparks.com/park/cape-henlopen/fort-miles/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Miles
It was built to defend Delaware Bay and River and to protect domestic ... which was one of the many fire control towers that were made during WWII to spot ... set up as baselines to triangulate the position of suspicious ships or submarines.
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Jan 24, 2013 - There are 11 watch towers in Delaware and southern New Jersey. ...submarine attack off of the Delaware Coast during a Mid-Atlantic siege.
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Reaching almost 100 feet tall, the observation towers built during the World War II ... soldiers were able to spot enemy ships and submarines out in the distance.
articles.latimes.com/1997/nov/09/news/mn-51919
Nov 9, 1997 - When Eric Pearson moved to the Delaware coast in 1970, the retired mechanical engineer approached his adopted region with a combination ...
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Dec 1, 2011 - Fire Control Towers #5 and #6, North Rehoboth, DE. ... The threat was quite real, as German submarines sank U.S. ships along the East Coast ...
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Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Picture: WWII submarine observation tower - Check out TripAdvisor members' 4038 candid photos and videos of Rehoboth Beach.
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Apr 18, 2010 - There is a book written by William C. Graynor called Delaware's GhostTowers, The Coast Artillery's Forgotten Last Stand During the Darkest ...
www.southjersey.com/articles/?articleid=20677
Of the 15 towers, 4 were in New Jersey, and the other 11 in Delaware. ... 23 and the others were designed to target German battleships but not submarines.
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Feb 17, 2011 - Soon, visitors to the Delaware shore and locals who travel Route 1 will no ... towers that stand along the coastline — at least, not if the Delaware ... by the Army during World War II to watch for Nazi ships and submarines.
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Southern shore of DelawareoBay. Was Fire Control. Tower No. 23 used for spottingsubmarines? Not originaily. The gun batteries and towers of. Fort Miles were ...
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