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Fort Miles, the Glossary

Fort Miles was a United States Army World War II installation located on Cape Henlopen near Lewes, Delaware.^[1]

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1941 establishments in Delaware
Forts in Delaware
Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
Government buildings completed in 1941
Infrastructure completed in 1941

Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action" (NATO's definition).

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Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962

The Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962 occurred on March 5–9, 1962 along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States.

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The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States, just before 8:00a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941.

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Barbette

Barbettes are several types of gun emplacement in terrestrial fortifications or on naval ships.

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Battle of France

The Battle of France (bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign (Frankreichfeldzug, campagne de France) and the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the German invasion of France, that notably introduced tactics that are still used.

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Bivouac shelter

A bivouac shelter or bivvy (alternately bivy, bivi, bivvi) is any of a variety of improvised camp site or shelter that is usually of a temporary nature, used especially by soldiers or people engaged in backpacking, bikepacking, scouting or mountain climbing.

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Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun

--> The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (often referred to simply as the "Bofors 40 mm gun", the "Bofors gun" and the like, see name) is an anti-aircraft autocannon, designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.

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Canon de 155 mm GPF

The Canon de 155 Grande Puissance Filloux (GPF) modèle 1917 was a WWI-era French-designed 155 mm gun used by the French Army and the United States Army during the first half of the 20th century in towed and self-propelled mountings.

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Cape Henlopen

Cape Henlopen is the southern cape of the Delaware Bay along the Atlantic coast of the United States.

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Cape Henlopen State Park

Cape Henlopen State Park is a Delaware state park on on Cape Henlopen in Sussex County, Delaware, in the United States.

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Cape May

Cape May consists of a peninsula and barrier island system in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Cape May Point State Park

Cape May Point State Park is a state park located in Lower Township, New Jersey, with a Cape May Point postal address.

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Casemate

A casemate is a fortified gun emplacement or armored structure from which guns are fired, in a fortification, warship, or armoured fighting vehicle.

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Coast Artillery fire control system

In the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps, the term fire control system was used to refer to the personnel, facilities, technology and procedures that were used to observe designated targets, estimate their positions, calculate firing data for guns directed to hit those targets, and assess the effectiveness of such fire, making corrections where necessary.

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Delaware

Delaware is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern region of the United States.

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Delaware Army National Guard

The Delaware Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard.

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Delaware Bay

Delaware Bay is the estuary outlet of the Delaware River on the northeast seaboard of the United States, lying between the states of Delaware and New Jersey.

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Delaware City, Delaware

Delaware City is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.

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Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) of the state of Delaware is the primary body concerned with the governance of public land, natural resources, and environmental regulations for the state.

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Delaware River

The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing (undammed) river in the Eastern United States.

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Eastern Defense Command

The Eastern Defense Command was first established as the Northeast Defense Command on 17 March 1941 as one of four U.S. Army continental defense commands to plan and prepare for and execute defense against enemy attack in the months before America's entry into World War II.

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Estuary

An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.

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Examination vessel

An examination vessel is a vessel used to inspect ships and boats entering a port during wartime.

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Fire control tower

A fire control tower is a structure located near the coastline, used to detect and locate enemy vessels offshore, direct fire upon them from coastal batteries, or adjust the aim of guns by spotting shell splashes.

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Fort Delaware

Fort Delaware is a former harbor defense facility, designed by chief engineer Joseph Gilbert Totten and located on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River. Fort Miles and fort Delaware are forts in Delaware and forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware.

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Fort Jackson (South Carolina)

Fort Jackson is a United States Army installation, which TRADOC operates on for Basic Combat Training (BCT), and is located within the city of Columbia, South Carolina.

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Fort Liberty

Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg, is a military installation of the United States Army in North Carolina, and is one of the largest military installations in the world by population, with over 52,000 military personnel.

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Fort Meade

Fort George G. Meade is a United States Army installation located in Maryland, that includes the Defense Information School, the Defense Media Activity, the United States Army Field Band, and the headquarters of United States Cyber Command, the National Security Agency, the Defense Courier Service, Defense Information Systems Agency headquarters, and the U.S.

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Fort Saulsbury

Fort Saulsbury was a United States Army coastal defense fort near Slaughter Beach and Milford, Delaware. Fort Miles and fort Saulsbury are forts in Delaware.

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Fort Wadsworth

Fort Wadsworth is a former United States military installation on Staten Island in New York City, situated on The Narrows which divide New York Bay into Upper and Lower bays, a natural point for defense of the Upper Bay, Manhattan, and beyond.

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German submarine U-858

German submarine U-858 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

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Gulf War

The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.

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Harbor Defenses of the Delaware

The Harbor Defenses of the Delaware was a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps harbor defense command. Fort Miles and harbor Defenses of the Delaware are forts in Delaware.

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Hawkwatching

Hawkwatching (sometimes referred to as hawkcounting) is a mainly citizen science activity where experienced volunteers count migratory raptors (birds of prey) in an effort to survey migratory numbers.

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Historical reenactment

Historical reenactments (or re-enactment) is an educational or entertainment activity in which mainly amateur hobbyists and history enthusiasts dress in historic uniforms and follow a plan to recreate aspects of a historical event or period.

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Hurricane Hermine

Hurricane Hermine was the first hurricane to make landfall in Florida since Hurricane Wilma in 2005, and the first to develop in the Gulf of Mexico since Hurricane Ingrid in 2013.

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Landing Ship, Tank

Landing Ship, Tank (LST), or tank landing ship, is the naval designation for ships first developed during World War II (1939–1945) to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks, vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto a low slope beach with no docks or piers.

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Lewes, Delaware

Lewes is an incorporated city on the Delaware Bay in eastern Sussex County, Delaware, United States.

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Magazine (artillery)

A magazine is an item or place within which ammunition or other explosive material is stored.

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Metre

The metre (or meter in US spelling; symbol: m) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI).

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Nelson A. Miles

Nelson Appleton Miles (August 8, 1839 – May 15, 1925) was a United States Army officer who served in the American Civil War, the American Indian Wars and the Spanish–American War.

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Panama mount

The Panama Mount is a form of gun mount for fixed coastal artillery developed by the U.S. Army in Panama during the 1920s.

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Seacoast defense in the United States

Seacoast defense was a major concern for the United States from its independence until World War II. Fort Miles and Seacoast defense in the United States are coastal fortifications.

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Slaughter Beach, Delaware

Slaughter Beach is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States, located on the southwest shore of Delaware Bay.

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SOSUS

Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) was the original name for a submarine detection system based on passive sonar developed by the United States Navy to track Soviet submarines.

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Submarine mines in United States harbor defense

The modern era of defending American harbors with controlled mines or submarine mines (originally referred to as "torpedoes") began in the post-Civil War period, and was a major part of US harbor defenses from circa 1900 to 1947. Fort Miles and submarine mines in United States harbor defense are coastal fortifications.

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Sussex County, Delaware

Sussex County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula.

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U-boat

U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Coast Artillery Corps

The U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps (CAC) was an administrative corps responsible for coastal, harbor, and anti-aircraft defense of the United States and its possessions between 1901 and 1950. Fort Miles and United States Army Coast Artillery Corps are coastal fortifications.

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United States Army Corps of Engineers

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is the military engineering branch of the United States Army.

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United States Army Quartermaster Corps

The United States Army Quartermaster Corps, formerly the Quartermaster Department, is a sustainment and former combat service support (CSS) branch of the United States Army.

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USNS Neptune

USNS Neptune (ARC-2), was the lead ship in her class of cable repair ships in U.S. Naval service.

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USS Jacob Jones (DD-130)

USS Jacob Jones (DD-130), named for Commodore Jacob Jones USN (1768–1850), was a. She was sunk by a German submarine in 1942 during World War II.

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William Ruthven Smith

Major General William Ruthven Smith (April 2, 1868 – July 15, 1941) was a career United States Army officer who commanded the 36th Division during its deployment in France during the final months of World War I. He later became Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.

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Wolfpack Seewolf

Seewolf was the name of three separate wolfpacks of German U-boats that operated during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yard

The yard (symbol: yd) is an English unit of length in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement equalling 3 feet or 36 inches.

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113th Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 113th Infantry Regiment is an Infantry regiment of the New Jersey Army National Guard.

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12-inch gun M1895

The 12-inch coastal defense gun M1895 (305 mm) and its variants the M1888 and M1900 were large coastal artillery pieces installed to defend major American seaports between 1895 and 1945.

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16-inch/50-caliber Mark 2 gun

The 16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun and the near-identical Mark 3 were guns originally designed and built for the United States Navy as the main armament for the ''South Dakota''-class battleships and s. The successors to the 16"/45 caliber gun Mark I gun, they were at the time among the heaviest guns built for use as naval artillery.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Miles

Also known as Cape Henlopen Military Reservation, Fort Miles Historic District.

, United States Army Corps of Engineers, United States Army Quartermaster Corps, USNS Neptune, USS Jacob Jones (DD-130), William Ruthven Smith, Wolfpack Seewolf, World War II, Yard, 113th Infantry Regiment (United States), 12-inch gun M1895, 16-inch/50-caliber Mark 2 gun, 16-inch/50-caliber Mark 7 gun, 198th Signal Battalion (United States), 1991 Base Realignment and Closure Commission, 21st Coast Artillery (United States), 3-inch gun M1903, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 6-inch gun M1897, 8-inch Mk. VI railway gun, 90 mm gun M1/M2/M3.

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1941 establishments in Delaware

Forts in Delaware

Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware

Government buildings completed in 1941

Infrastructure completed in 1941

References