Portsmouth Harbor's Military and Naval Heritage

by Nelson H. Lawry, Glen M. Williford, Leo K. Polaski

Overview

Including more than two hundred vintage photographs and illustrations, Portsmouth Harbor�s Military and Naval Heritage chronicles the history of the Piscataqua River�s naval shipyard and harbor defenses. Long before it became home to one of the U.S. Navy�s first federal shipyards, the harbor at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Kittery, Maine, was protected by gun batteries, mainly at Fort Point, New Castle, New Hampshire. By the end of World War II, modern concrete batteries mounting guns of ever longer range had been constructed at this and three other forts straddling the river�s mouth. These fortifications reflected the increasingly important role of the shipyard, dedicated after 1917 to building submarines that contributed significantly to the World War II victory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439632079
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	11/17/2004
Series:	Images of America Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	48 MB
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About the Author

Authors Nelson H. Lawry, Glen M. Williford, and Leo K. Polaski, scholars of American coast defense, have assembled this compelling pictorial history from national archival, local museum, and private photographic collections. Lawry is a columnist and technology historian, and Williford and Polaski coauthored Arcadia Publishing�s New York City�s Harbor Defenses and Long Island�s Military History.