Coast Artillery School |
Searchlights:
There were two searchlight positions on Fishermans Island, two on Smith Island, one near
Fort Custis, one at the Cheapside Tower on the Eastern Shore, four at Fort Story,
four along the Virginia Beach oceanfront, one at Oceanview in Norfolk, and three at
Fort Monroe, and two at Fort Wool. |
Coast Artillery Corps |
Minefields & Nets:
418 controlled mines were laid. Two lines across the main channel off Cape Henry, and two lines
across the main channel near Thimble Shoals Lighthouse. 365 contact mines were laid by the Navy
reaching from Cape Charles to the Army's line near Cape Henry. In addition, an anti-motor torpedo
boat net was installed, connected at Willoughby Spit and the northern part of Old Point Comfort.
The HECP at Fort Monroe controlled the gate to the net. A second net was intalled at the entrance
to the York River. |
USGS
Satellite Images of Hampton Roads Harbor
courtesy of Microsoft TerraServer
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Fortifications
I wish to thank the Director of the Old Coast Guard Station Museum for helping me make
this website a reality.
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Hampton Roads Links
The following links are provided as a service to you, the reader, for your enjoyment.
No endorsement or affiliation is implied or suggested.
The Mariners' Museum
NAUTICUS - The National Maritime Center
Battleship USS Wisconsin BB-64
Naval Tour & Info Center
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
USCG Atlantic Area & Fifth District
Headquarters
Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory
Center
Colonial National Historic Park
The Old Coast Guard Station Museum
Chesapeake Chapter, US Lighthouse Society
Virginia Lighthouses
Other Related Links
Center for Fort Preservation and Tourism
Council on America's
Military Past (CAMP)
Civil War Fortification Study Group
Company of Military
Historians
