Photography Wild Delmarva on 23 Oct 2009 06:39 pm
Fire Control Tower
Dawn was spectacular yesterday over the Atlantic Ocean. These towers were built on the Delaware coast during World War II to watch for Nazi U-boat activity near the Delaware Bay entrance. They are still standing tall more than six decades later.
Photograph by Kevin Fleming
on 23 Oct 2009 at 8:02 pm 1.Ada said …
Thanks for sharing that wonderful picture. I’m parcial to dawns and sunsets in Delmarva!
on 24 Oct 2009 at 7:44 am 2.Pat said …
What great color in this image!!! Wonderful….
on 24 Oct 2009 at 3:12 pm 3.Andrew C Knight said …
Were any U Boats ever spotted!!!
on 30 Oct 2009 at 7:43 am 4.Wild Delmarva said …
Hi Andrew,
There is a sunken U-boat just off the coast in Ocean City, Maryland a few miles south of here. But to my knowledge these towers never directed any fire at Nazi submarines.
One U-boat did surrender here at the end of the war!
Kevin