A century of service
Subtitle: the U.S. Navy on Cape Henlopen, Lewes, Delaware: 1898-1996
By: William H. J. Manthorpe, Jr
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Cedar Tree Books, Ltd.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Wilmington, Delaware
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9781892142603
Subjects: Naval History; Navy-yards and naval stations, American
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-158) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Spanish-American War: the Navy comes ashore on the Cape; title: The Theodore Roosevelt years: communications from the Cape for an expanding Navy; title: The early FDR years: organizing and preparing the Cape for war; title: World War I: defending the Cape; title: The inter-war years: providing safe navigation for ships passing the Cape; title: World War II: defending the coast and protecting shipping at the Cape; title: A post-war interlude: the Navy remains on the Cape; title: The Cold War: naval communications from the Cape for nuclear war; title: The Cold War: the Navy conducts undersea surveillance from the Cape; title: The Cold War: Naval Reserve training at the Cape to support the fleet.