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During the Prohibition era, several cutters were assigned to Cape May to foil rumrunners operating off the New Jersey coast. After Prohibition, the Coast Guard all but abandoned Cape May leaving a small air/sea rescue contingent. For a short period of time (1929–1934), part of the base was used as a civilian airport.
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in New Jersey (5 P) Pages in category "Military installations in New Jersey" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
It is located near Sunset Beach in Cape May Point State Park. The tower was added to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places on May 29, 2003, and to the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 2003, for its significance in military history. [1] [3] About this time the tower was renovated under the direction of architect Robert ...
Fort Miles was supplemented by three batteries at the Cape May Military Reservation 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.
Cape May (sometimes Cape May City) is a city and seaside resort located at the southern tip of Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Located on the Atlantic Ocean near the mouth of the Delaware Bay, it is one of the country's oldest vacation resort destinations. [19]
It is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northeast of the City of Cape May. The United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May is located on the southwest shore of Cape May Inlet. It was described in 1834 as, Cold Spring Inlet, Lower t-ship, Cape May co., between Two Mile Beach and Poverty Beach, upon the Atlantic sea-board. It is less than half a mile in ...
Naval Air Station Wildwood was a United States Navy airport located in Lower Township, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, [1] about 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of the central business district of Wildwood, a city in the same county. [2]
Battery 223 is in Lower Township, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. The harbor defense battery was completed in 1943. The harbor defense battery was completed in 1943. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 2008.