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 the Navy as a coastal defense against German U Boats. The fort originally had 2 large naval guns that had the ability of firing 17 miles. What’s so weird about it? Well, most people think that WW2 was fought ‘over there’ with the exception of Pearl Harbor. Not true. In fact this very fort and several coastal gun batteries from New Jersey to Delaware defended the entrance of the Delaware Bay against several attempts by German U Boats (submarines) from disrupting US cargo shipping out of Philadelphia.
The German Navy had sunk numerous Liberty ships, fuel tankers and civilian cargo ships in and around the Cape May and Lewes, DE coastal waters. Of further interest, German U Boats prowled the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and got as close as New Orleans port waters. Anyway, this was my first trip to Cape May where I could get close enough to explore the exterior. The fort is now under the control of the NJ State Parks and is being preserved.
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Posted by KL on November 22, 2011 at 12:12 AM
I use to go on top of it when i was a kid good times
Posted by Wildwood Crest Motels on March 8, 2010 at 11:52 PM
My father would take my brother and I to visit here when we were young, It is still in good condition for the age. Another great site to visit is Cape May Point (Sunset Beach) where the concrete ship rests off the beach!