| US Coast Guard Training Center at Cape May Contributor(s): Salvatore MD, Joseph E. (Author), Berkey, Joan (Author) |
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ISBN: 073859766X ISBN-13: 9780738597669 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - History | Military - Naval - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 974.9 |
| LCCN: 2012941983 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Atlantic-Cape May, N.J. - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The US Coast Guard Training Center at Cape May tells the story of the Center from Navy Section Base 9 to the only recruit training center in the US. Commissioned as Navy Section Base 9 in 1917, the US Coast Guard Training Center at Cape May stands on the site of a former amusement park that bordered the Atlantic Ocean a few miles east of Cape May in southern New Jersey. Dirigibles, submarines, and minesweepers were based here during World War I. Because of its proximity to the ocean and Delaware Bay, the base was used by Coast Guard patrol boats and cutters to chase rumrunners during Prohibition in the 1920s. An airfield was established adjacent to the base in 1926, and in 1940, both combined to become Naval Air Station Cape May. The station protected the coast line from German U-boats during World War II. The Coast Guard took over the facility in 1946, and in 1948, the base became the only recruit training center in the country, today graduating more than 4,000 recruits per year. |
Contributor Bio(s): Salvatore MD, Joseph E.: - Joseph E. Salvatore, MD, is the non-salaried executive director of the Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum. Joan Berkey is an architectural historian and author. US Coast Guard Training Center at Cape May contains photographs and images from the museum s archives, most of them previously unpublished. |