Calf Island Military Reservation
World War II coastal defense site in Massachusetts, US
42°20′23.80″N 70°53′46.17″W / 42.3399444°N 70.8961583°W / 42.3399444; -70.8961583Calf Island Military Reservation was a World War II coastal defense site located on Calf Island in Hull, Massachusetts.
History
In 1920 there was a proposal to build a naval-type turret with two 16-inch guns on Great Brewster Island, but this was not implemented. Calf Island was also considered, but the battery was finally built (without a turret) as Fort Duvall.[1]
The Calf Island Military Reservation was built in 1941 on state land. It consisted of an early SCR-268 radar, searchlight station, and an observation post. It was returned to the state in 1946.[2]
The site today
The site today consists of the foundation of the observation tower.
See also
- Seacoast defense in the United States
- United States Army Coast Artillery Corps
- List of military installations in Massachusetts
References
- Berhow, Mark A., ed. (2015). American Seacoast Defenses, A Reference Guide (Third ed.). McLean, Virginia: CDSG Press. ISBN 978-0-9748167-3-9.
- Lewis, Emanuel Raymond (1979). Seacoast Fortifications of the United States. Annapolis: Leeward Publications. ISBN 978-0-929521-11-4.
- Parkman, Aubrey (1978). Army Engineers in New England 1775-1975. Waltham, MA: US Army Corps of Engineers, New England Division.
External links
- List of all US coastal forts and batteries at the Coast Defense Study Group, Inc. website
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Former military forts, reservations, and camps in Massachusetts
- Acushnet
- Andrew
- Andrews
- Banks
- Beverly
- Dalton
- Dawes
- Defiance
- Duvall
- Eastern Point
- Glover
- Heath
- Independence
- Juniper
- Lee
- Long Point Battery
- Miller
- Nichols (Merrimac)
- Old Stone
- Philip
- Phoenix
- Pickering
- Revere
- Taber (Rodman)
- Ruckman
- Salisbury Point
- Sewall
- Stage
- Standish (Boston)
- Standish (Plymouth)
- Strong (East Boston & Long Island)
- Warren
- Washington
- Winthrop
- Adams
- Andrew
- Banks
- Brigham
- Cameron
- Candoit
- Chase
- Dalton
- Edmunds
- Ellsworth
- Camp Framingham (Bartlett, McGuinness, Dewey)
- Guild
- Havedoneit
- Hill
- Hingham
- Hobson
- Hooker
- Houston
- Ipswich
- Lander
- Lincoln
- Massasoit
- Meigs
- Myles Standish
- Perkins
- Plymouth
- Prescott
- Prospect Hill
- Scott
- South Hingham
- Stanton
- Sutton
- Washburn
- Wellfleet
- Wightman
- Wool