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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]
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.
The Cape May Airport, which hosts the museum, was originally constructed by the U.S. Navy from 1941 to 1942. Commissioned in April 1943 as Naval Air Station Rio Grande, the field was so named due to its proximity to the community of Rio Grande, New Jersey. [1]
The U.S. military maintains hundreds of installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases located outside of its national territory as of July 2024). [2] According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area. [3]
An 80,000-square-foot sports complex is coming to Cape May, according to the Delaware River and Bay Authority. Construction of the air-filled, domed complex is planned to start in the spring of ...
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English: World War I-era postcard shows naval recruits participating in a "massed singing" at the Wissahickon Barracks in Cape May, New Jersey. Beginning on January 8, 1918, the Wissahickon Barracks became the designated entry camp for all naval recruits in District Four, a geographic area that included Philadelphia and the Jersey Shore.