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    Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound was a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps harbor defense command. It coordinated the coast defenses of Long...
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    York and Sandy Hook commands and the Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound were unified as the Harbor Defenses of New York on 9 May 1942. Giovanni da Verrazzano...
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    line of defense against intruders. A coast defense exercise conducted in the Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound in 1930 was notable for including aircraft...
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    Fort H. G. Wright (category Long Island Sound)
    Connecticut, but technically in New York. It was part of the Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound, along with Fort Terry, Fort Michie, and (in World War II)...
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    Camp Hero State Park (category State parks of New York (state))
    of coastal artillery and who died in 1942. Three gun batteries were built at Camp Hero, replacing most of the other heavy guns in the Harbor Defenses...
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    Fort Michie (category Long Island Sound)
    Long Island Sound as part of the Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound, thus defending Connecticut's ports and the north shore of Long Island. The fort was...
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    The Harbor Defenses of Narragansett Bay was a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps harbor defense command. It coordinated the coast defenses of Narragansett...
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    of western Washington. The island forms the northern boundary of Puget Sound. It is home to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. The state parks and natural...
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    United States Army Coast Artillery Corps (category Branches of the United States Army)
    program of harbor defenses at 29 ports, including guns, mortars, and mine fields. Most of their recommendations were implemented and new defenses were constructed...
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    Fort Mansfield (category Demolished buildings and structures in Rhode Island)
    defense network in 1886. Fort Mansfield was one of numerous coastal artillery installations constructed in the Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound as...
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