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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
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
