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Naval Undersea Warfare Center, East side of Smith & East Streets between Columbia & South Coves, New London, New London County, CT
Summary
Significance: Initially built as a fort during the Revolution, the site is significant as a 19th century coastal fort. It is also significant for its use as the Coast Guard Academy (1910-1933), the U.S. Maritime Commission Officers Training School (1938-1945), and as the U.S. Navy's primary underwater communications and sonar research facility (1917-1997).
Survey number: HAER CT-180
Building/structure dates: 1777-1990 Initial Construction
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Date
1945
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Bernard, Simon
Totten, Joseph
Hopkins, Alfred A
Fitzgerald & Halliday, Incorporated, contractor
Meyer, Lauren, transmitter
Wallen, Jonathan, photographer
Bedford, Steven, historian
Wright, Linda Perelli, historian
Location
connecticut, 41.35565, -72.09952
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
