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The map of Boston Harbor's mine fields (below right) shows the harbor mine defenses consisting of 30 groups of mines, with 19 mines per group. Each mine was normally loaded with 200 lb (91 kg) of TNT. In the case of Boston, a total of 57 tons of explosives guarded the harbor.
The Harbor Defenses of Boston was a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps harbor defense command. [1] It coordinated the coast defenses of Boston, Massachusetts from 1895 to 1950, beginning with the Endicott program. These included both coast artillery forts and underwater minefields.
A 1945 map of the mine fields protecting Boston Harbor during World War II Battery Jewell's bunker, constructed during WWII. Battery Jewell's #2 gun emplacement. 90 mm M1 gun on T3/M3 fixed seacoast mount at Fort Monroe, Virginia.
The site's military history began in 1906 as the Deer Island Military Reservation, acquired for fire control and mine field control as part of the Taft program. [2]During World War II, Fort Dawes was initially the site of a target detection radar for the harbor defenses and Battery Taylor (two 3-inch M1902 guns moved from nearby Fort Strong), both completed by late 1942. [2]
The fort was built in 1893-1906 during the Endicott period of expansion in U.S. coast defense, and was part of the Coast (later Harbor) Defenses of Boston. Formerly, it was also known as Long Island Military Reservation. Before World War I, a large station for handling submarine mines was added to the fort's defenses. Prior to World War I the ...
During World War II, the fort served as a control center for Boston Harbor's south mine field, a precaution taken in anticipation of potential attacks by Kriegsmarine U-boats. [11] At that time, Fort Warren was garrisoned by the 241st Coast Artillery Regiment (Harbor Defense), a Massachusetts National Guard unit that was federalized in ...
A chance discovery led officials in northern England to uncover well over 100 unexploded practice bombs from World War II buried underneath a children's playground.
Fort Independence is a granite bastion fort that provided harbor defenses for Boston, Massachusetts, located on Castle Island.Fort Independence is one of the oldest continuously fortified sites of English origin in the United States.