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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter MESQUITE, Charlevoix, Charlevoix County, MI

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter MESQUITE, Charlevoix, Charlevoix County, MI

Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The U.S. Coa... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WOODBINE, Grand Haven, Ottawa County, MI

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WOODBINE, Grand Haven, Ottawa County, MI

Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The U.S. Coa... More

Fort Custer Military Reservation, P-67 Radar Station, .25 mile north of Dickman Road, east of Clark Road, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MI

Fort Custer Military Reservation, P-67 Radar Station, .25 mile north o...

Significance: The Fort Custer P-67 Radar Station is significant because it illustrates the link between World War II technology and the implementation of computer operated SAGE technology. Survey number: HAER MI-87-A

Fort Custer Military Reservation, P-67 Radar Station, .25 mile north of Dickman Road, east of Clark Road, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MI

Fort Custer Military Reservation, P-67 Radar Station, .25 mile north o...

Significance: The Fort Custer P-67 Radar Station is significant because it illustrates the link between World War II technology and the implementation of computer operated SAGE technology. Survey number: HAER MI-87-A

Fort Custer Military Reservation, P-67 Radar Station, .25 mile north of Dickman Road, east of Clark Road, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MI

Fort Custer Military Reservation, P-67 Radar Station, .25 mile north o...

Significance: The Fort Custer P-67 Radar Station is significant because it illustrates the link between World War II technology and the implementation of computer operated SAGE technology. Survey number: HAER MI-87-A

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Bangor Air National Guard Base Operations Building, At the end of Maine Road, Bangor, Penobscot County, ME

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Bangor Air National Guard ...

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U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 180' Class, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 180' Class, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarte...

Significance: These vessels were built to serve as 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutters. A total of thirty-nine of these cutters, built in three subclasses, were purchased by the government from 1942-1944. The USCG ... More

Mill Valley Air Force Station, Radar Domes, East Ridgecrest Boulevard, Mount Tamalpais, Mill Valley, Marin County, CA

Mill Valley Air Force Station, Radar Domes, East Ridgecrest Boulevard,...

Survey number: HABS CA-2615-Y Building/structure dates: 1951 Initial Construction

Mill Valley Air Force Station, Radar Domes, East Ridgecrest Boulevard, Mount Tamalpais, Mill Valley, Marin County, CA

Mill Valley Air Force Station, Radar Domes, East Ridgecrest Boulevard,...

Survey number: HABS CA-2615-Y Building/structure dates: 1951 Initial Construction

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Columbia Falls Radar Site Receive Sector One Receiver Building, At the end of Shadagee Ridge Road, Columbia Falls, Washington County, ME

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Columbia Falls Radar Site ...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tran... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Building, Limited Access Area, between Limited Access Patrol Road & Service Road A, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Bu...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Building, Limited Access Area, between Limited Access Patrol Road & Service Road A, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Bu...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Building, Limited Access Area, between Limited Access Patrol Road & Service Road A, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Bu...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Building, Limited Access Area, between Limited Access Patrol Road & Service Road A, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Bu...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... More

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Tulelake Radar Site Receive Sector Six Antenna Array, Unnamed Road West of Double Head Road, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, CA

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Tulelake Radar Site Receiv...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tra... More

Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National Forest, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National ...

Significance: The Los Pinetos NIKE site played an integral role in the Los Angeles Defense Area from 1955 to 1958. Los Pinetos is unique among Nike sites in the Los Angeles area in that the launch, administrat... More

Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National Forest, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National ...

Significance: The Los Pinetos NIKE site played an integral role in the Los Angeles Defense Area from 1955 to 1958. Los Pinetos is unique among Nike sites in the Los Angeles area in that the launch, administrat... More

Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National Forest, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National ...

Significance: The Los Pinetos NIKE site played an integral role in the Los Angeles Defense Area from 1955 to 1958. Los Pinetos is unique among Nike sites in the Los Angeles area in that the launch, administrat... More

Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National Forest, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National ...

Significance: The Los Pinetos NIKE site played an integral role in the Los Angeles Defense Area from 1955 to 1958. Los Pinetos is unique among Nike sites in the Los Angeles area in that the launch, administrat... More

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Christmas Valley Radar Site Transmit Sector Four Antenna Array, On unnamed road west of Lost Forest Road, Christmas Valley, Lake County, OR

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Christmas Valley Radar Sit...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tra... More

Fort Barry, Signal Corps Radar 296, Station 5, Transmitter Building Foundation, Point Bonita, Marin Headlands, Sausalito, Marin County, CA

Fort Barry, Signal Corps Radar 296, Station 5, Transmitter Building Fo...

Significance: The S.C.R. 296 Station 5 Transmitter Building Foundation is important for its supporting role in the seacoast defenses of the San Francisco Bay. Station 5 supported the S.C.R. 296, a highly sensit... More

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Tulelake Radar Site Receive Sector Five Receiver Building, Unnamed Road West of Double Head Road, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, CA

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Tulelake Radar Site Receiv...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tra... More

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Columbia Falls Radar Site Receive Sector Two Antenna Array, At the end of Shadagee Ridge Road, Columbia Falls, Washington County, ME

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Columbia Falls Radar Site ...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tran... More

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Moscow Radar Site Transmit Sector Two Antenna Array, At the end of Steam Road, Moscow, Somerset County, ME

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Moscow Radar Site Transmit...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tran... More

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Moscow Radar Site Transmit Sector One Antenna Array, At the end of Steam Road, Moscow, Somerset County, ME

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Moscow Radar Site Transmit...

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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Huron, St. Clair County, MI

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Hu...

Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The United S... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter PLANETREE, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter PLANETREE, San Francisco, San Francisco County...

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Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Christmas Valley Radar Site Transmit Sector Five Sounder Antennas, On unnamed road west of Lost Forest Road, Christmas Valley, Lake County, OR

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Christmas Valley Radar Sit...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tra... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE SAGE, U.S. Coast Guard 1st District Base, 1 Thames Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE SAGE, U.S. Coast Guard 1st District Base...

Significance: WHITE SAGE was originally constructed as a yard lighter YF 444 for the U.S. Navy YF 257 class. This class of vessel provided logistical support to naval operations during World War II. Following... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE SAGE, U.S. Coast Guard 1st District Base, 1 Thames Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE SAGE, U.S. Coast Guard 1st District Base...

Significance: WHITE SAGE was originally constructed as a yard lighter YF 444 for the U.S. Navy YF 257 class. This class of vessel provided logistical support to naval operations during World War II. Following... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE SAGE, U.S. Coast Guard 1st District Base, 1 Thames Street, Bristol, Bristol County, RI

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE SAGE, U.S. Coast Guard 1st District Base...

Significance: WHITE SAGE was originally constructed as a yard lighter YF 444 for the U.S. Navy YF 257 class. This class of vessel provided logistical support to naval operations during World War II. Following... More

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BUTTONWOOD, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BUTTONWOOD, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco,...

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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BUTTONWOOD, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BUTTONWOOD, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco,...

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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BUTTONWOOD, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BUTTONWOOD, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco,...

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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BUTTONWOOD, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BUTTONWOOD, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco,...

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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter CITRUS, Coos Bay, Coos County, OR

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter CITRUS, Coos Bay, Coos County, OR

Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The U.S. Coa... More

Fort Custer Military Reservation, P-67 Radar Station, .25 mile north of Dickman Road, east of Clark Road, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MI

Fort Custer Military Reservation, P-67 Radar Station, .25 mile north o...

Significance: The Fort Custer P-67 Radar Station is significant because it illustrates the link between World War II technology and the implementation of computer operated SAGE technology. Survey number: HAER MI-87-A

Fort Custer Military Reservation, P-67 Radar Station, .25 mile north of Dickman Road, east of Clark Road, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MI

Fort Custer Military Reservation, P-67 Radar Station, .25 mile north o...

Significance: The Fort Custer P-67 Radar Station is significant because it illustrates the link between World War II technology and the implementation of computer operated SAGE technology. Survey number: HAER MI-87-A

Fort Custer Military Reservation, P-67 Radar Station, .25 mile north of Dickman Road, east of Clark Road, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MI

Fort Custer Military Reservation, P-67 Radar Station, .25 mile north o...

Significance: The Fort Custer P-67 Radar Station is significant because it illustrates the link between World War II technology and the implementation of computer operated SAGE technology. Survey number: HAER MI-87-A

Fort Custer Military Reservation, P-67 Radar Station, .25 mile north of Dickman Road, east of Clark Road, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MI

Fort Custer Military Reservation, P-67 Radar Station, .25 mile north o...

Significance: The Fort Custer P-67 Radar Station is significant because it illustrates the link between World War II technology and the implementation of computer operated SAGE technology. Survey number: HAER MI-87-A

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Significance: The SRMSC was the only operational Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) facility ever completed in the United States. The SRMSC was the culmination of 15 years of research and development in anti-ballist... More

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Mountain Home Air Force Operations Building, On Desert Street at 9th Avenue
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Mountain Home, Elmore County, ID

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Mountain Home Air Force Op...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tran... More

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Columbia Falls Radar Site Receive Sector Three Receiver Building, At the end of Shadagee Ridge Road, Columbia Falls, Washington County, ME

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Columbia Falls Radar Site ...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tran... More

Naval Air Station Fallon, Power Plant, 800 Complex, off Carson Road near intersection of Pasture & Berney Roads, Fallon, Churchill County, NV

Naval Air Station Fallon, Power Plant, 800 Complex, off Carson Road ne...

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Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Christmas Valley Radar Site Transmit Sector Five Antenna Array, On unnamed road west of Lost Forest Road, Christmas Valley, Lake County, OR

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Christmas Valley Radar Sit...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tra... More

U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 180' Class, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 180' Class, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarte...

Significance: These vessels were built to serve as 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutters. A total of thirty-nine of these cutters, built in three subclasses, were purchased by the government from 1942-1944. The USCG ... More

U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 180' Class, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 180' Class, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarte...

Significance: These vessels were built to serve as 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutters. A total of thirty-nine of these cutters, built in three subclasses, were purchased by the government from 1942-1944. The USCG ... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 821, Radar Test Building, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 821, Radar Test Buil...

Significance: Building 821 was the first radar test facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. It has been the site of a great deal of important radar research. Survey number: HAER OH-79-AA Building/struct... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 821, Radar Test Building, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 821, Radar Test Buil...

Significance: Building 821 was the first radar test facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. It has been the site of a great deal of important radar research. Survey number: HAER OH-79-AA Building/struct... More

Mill Valley Air Force Station, Radar Domes, East Ridgecrest Boulevard, Mount Tamalpais, Mill Valley, Marin County, CA

Mill Valley Air Force Station, Radar Domes, East Ridgecrest Boulevard,...

Survey number: HABS CA-2615-Y Building/structure dates: 1951 Initial Construction

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Power Plant, In Limited Access Area, Southwest of PARB at end of Service Road B, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Po...

Significance: The Perimeter Acquisition Radar Power Plant (PARPP) houses the power generator equipment, transformers, controls, and switch gear and provides electrical energy and other utilities to the PARB. S... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Power Plant, In Limited Access Area, Southwest of PARB at end of Service Road B, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Po...

Significance: The Perimeter Acquisition Radar Power Plant (PARPP) houses the power generator equipment, transformers, controls, and switch gear and provides electrical energy and other utilities to the PARB. S... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Building, Limited Access Area, between Limited Access Patrol Road & Service Road A, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Bu...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Building, Limited Access Area, between Limited Access Patrol Road & Service Road A, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Bu...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... More

Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National Forest, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National ...

Significance: The Los Pinetos NIKE site played an integral role in the Los Angeles Defense Area from 1955 to 1958. Los Pinetos is unique among Nike sites in the Los Angeles area in that the launch, administrat... More

Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National Forest, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National ...

Significance: The Los Pinetos NIKE site played an integral role in the Los Angeles Defense Area from 1955 to 1958. Los Pinetos is unique among Nike sites in the Los Angeles area in that the launch, administrat... More

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Tulelake Radar Site Receive Sector Six Receiver Building, Unnamed Road West of Double Head Road, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, CA

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Tulelake Radar Site Receiv...

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Radar Station B-71, Power Building, Coastal Drive, Klamath, Del Norte County, CA

Radar Station B-71, Power Building, Coastal Drive, Klamath, Del Norte ...

Significance: The Power Building housed the generators that powered the radar station. The building's true purpose was effectively disguised from casual passersby and enemies by its location on a terrace about... More

Fort Barry, Signal Corps Radar 296, Station 5, Transmitter Building Foundation, Point Bonita, Marin Headlands, Sausalito, Marin County, CA

Fort Barry, Signal Corps Radar 296, Station 5, Transmitter Building Fo...

Significance: The S.C.R. 296 Station 5 Transmitter Building Foundation is important for its supporting role in the seacoast defenses of the San Francisco Bay. Station 5 supported the S.C.R. 296, a highly sensit... More

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Moscow Radar Site Transmit Sector Two Antenna Array, At the end of Steam Road, Moscow, Somerset County, ME

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Moscow Radar Site Transmit...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tran... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Huron, St. Clair County, MI

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Hu...

Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The United S... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Huron, St. Clair County, MI

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Hu...

Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The United S... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Huron, St. Clair County, MI

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Hu...

Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The United S... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Huron, St. Clair County, MI

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Hu...

Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The United S... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter PLANETREE, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter PLANETREE, San Francisco, San Francisco County...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in the sea, harbor, maritime, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter PLANETREE, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter PLANETREE, San Francisco, San Francisco County...

Public domain photograph of Vietnam War, the 1960s, 1970s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

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