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Re: WWII U.S. East Coast Submarine Spotting Towers
Posted by: Michael Podgorski ()
Date: September 14, 2022 01:19PM

I am a Historical Interpreter at Fort Miles Museum at Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware. Just to be certain that everyone understands, none of the towers here at Fort Miles, and not at any other WWII coastal defense fortifications, were used to spot submarines. This is an impossibility and would have been like looking for a broom handle popping out of the ocean. We educate the public on this by explaining that these towers are formally known as "Fire Control Towers" because they direct the fire of the guns onto surface ships. So, the guns and the towers were for spotting and directing fire on surface ships only. It is still a very wide-spread, pernicious, historical myth that these towers were used to spot submarines. They were not. Please spread the word.
Thanks,
Mike
michael.podgorski@delaware.gov

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WWII U.S. East Coast Submarine Spotting Towers Jim 08/11/2002 05:11PM
Re: WWII U.S. East Coast Submarine Spotting Towers Captain George W. Duffy 08/11/2002 05:40PM
Re: WWII U.S. East Coast Submarine Spotting Towers Ted Agar 08/11/2002 06:54PM
Re: WWII U.S. East Coast Submarine Spotting Towers JR 08/18/2002 03:31AM
Re: WWII U.S. East Coast Submarine Spotting Towers Michael Podgorski 09/14/2022 01:19PM


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