Calf Island Military Reservation

Calf Island Military Reservation
Part of Harbor Defenses of Boston
Hull, Massachusetts
SCR-268 radar in Casablanca, Morocco in WWII
Calf Island Military Reservation Location in Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°20′23.80″N 70°53′46.17″W
Type	Coastal Defense
Site information
Owner	Massachusetts
Controlled by	Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Site history
Built	1941
Built by	United States Army
In use	1941-1946
Battles/wars	World War II

Calf Island Military Reservation was a World War II coastal defense site located on Calf Island in Hull, Massachusetts.

History

In 1920 there was a proposal to build a naval-type turret with two 16-inch guns on Great Brewster Island, but this was not implemented. Calf Island was also considered, but the battery was finally built (without a turret) as Fort Duvall.[1]

The Calf Island Military Reservation was built in 1941 on state land. It consisted of an early SCR-268 radar, searchlight station, and an observation post. It was returned to the state in 1946.[2]

The site today

The site today consists of the foundation of the observation tower.

See also

• Seacoast defense in the United States
• United States Army Coast Artillery Corps
• List of military installations in Massachusetts

References

1. Parkman, pp. 123-125
2. "Boston Harbor II - Harbor Defenses of Boston". American Forts Network. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

• Berhow, Mark A., ed. (2015). American Seacoast Defenses, A Reference Guide (Third ed.). McLean, Virginia: CDSG Press. ISBN 978-0-9748167-3-9.
• Lewis, Emanuel Raymond (1979). Seacoast Fortifications of the United States. Annapolis: Leeward Publications. ISBN 978-0-929521-11-4.
• Parkman, Aubrey (1978). Army Engineers in New England 1775-1975. Waltham, MA: US Army Corps of Engineers, New England Division.

External links

• List of all US coastal forts and batteries at the Coast Defense Study Group, Inc. website