The Navy at Cape Henlopen

A Century of Service 

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The U.S. Navy Maintained a Presence

on Cape Henlopen from 1898 to 1996.

 

The major naval installations are shown in red on the map: Click on ____ after each to see more information.  Or use the page links shown above.

 

1. Naval

Communications

Stations: 1904-1938__

 

2. Naval Section Base: WW I; 1917-1921____.

 

3. Harbor Entrance

Control Post: WW II; 1941-1945 ____.

 

4. Naval  Radio  

 Station: Cold War; 1962-1968____.

 

5. Headquarters/ Multi-Purpose Building for the Navy Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) Naval Facility (NavFac) Lewes

1962-1981____.

 

6. Terminal Building of NavFac Lewes _____

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check out this map of Cape Henlopen Delaware State Park today, showing the locations of the former naval installations.

 

Tour this website see what was there.  Then tour the park to  visualize the Navy presence.
Numbers indicate locations of major U.S. Navy installations on the Cape
Numbers indicate locations of major U.S. Navy installations on the Cape

To see a news article about the Delaware Division of Parks and

Recreation unveiling a marker in front of the Biden Environmental

Conference Center commemorating these Navy sites, go here____.

To read about "Submarines at the Cape: Friend and Foe", go here____.

 

                                            Other topics coming soon.