Back in 2004 I asked politely, and was granted, permission to tag along with the Coast Guard on their spring maitenance tour of Delaware Bay lighthouses. It was for a project I was working on and they were happy to oblige. We started out at the Wildwood Coast Guard base and we drove up to [...]
Archive for the ‘Military’ Category
11 Jun
Two amazing military finds
Find #1: These guys snuck aboard some abandoned naval vessels out SF. and we thought we were badass sneaking into Greystone. My only complaint is: you snuck aboard an abandoned Destroyer and you only post a dozen pictures? WTF dude! Find #2: An abandoned military base (Vozdvizhenka Air Base apparently). I can’t be sure because [...]
31 May
Welcome IO9 and NY Scout readers!
I knew when i got up this morning that NY Scout had visited the jet in the woods because my site notifies me whenever someone else links to me. He was quite gracious enough to comment about my site a few times in his post (which I appreciate, as opposed to him just saying this [...]
12 Apr
The Belle Meade Depot
The GSA-Belle Mead Depot was located in Hillsborough and had several purposes thru its history. It was primary a warehouse and there were numerous railroad lines running into the facility. During WWarII, the facility was used as sort of 20thc Guantanamo, housing Italian POW’s. After the Vietnam war, the property was then turned over to [...]
5 Mar
Someone has cut a hole in the fuselage of the jet in the woods
I have covered the jet in the woods several times here on my blog. It generated quite a debate over what kind of plane it was until a local geocacher located the model # on the wing. I visit periodically and the last time was about a year ago when I went showed it to [...]
29 May
interesting info on the jet in the woods
I recently visited a resident who lives about 300 yards south of the jet in the woods. I had a long talk with him about the area and the jet crash. He’s an interesting fellow… his driveway is paved with blocks taken from the West Side Highway in NY, given away for 25 cents a [...]
20 Apr
take a tour of a cold war relic in the Florida Everglades
Tours of old Nike bases now being offered EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK – At the height of the Cold War, anti-aircraft missiles stood at the ready here in Florida’s swamplands, protecting the South from a potential Soviet nuclear bomber attack launched from Cuba. For almost two decades, beginning shortly after the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, the [...]
17 Apr
The Cape May Bunker is no longer out in the ocean!
I received the following email and pictures from a reader Just returned from Cape May and thought you’d appreciate this. The attached pictures are of a naval gun emplacement fort on the beach just northeast of the Cape May light. The emplacement was completed in 1942 by US Army Corp of Engineers for use by [...]
17 Apr
Cape May Bunker
This bunker for munitions had 6 inch round turret guns on the sides, and in front are Panama Mounts which held 4 155 mm coast artillery guns. A sister bunker sits across the Delaware Bay. Originally built 900 feet from the shoreline, 60 years of rising tides and erosion have now brought the ocean to [...]
