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World War II Harbor Entrance Control Posts (HECP)

Harbor Entrance Control Posts (HECP) (edit list)

Image	Plan	District	Harbor	Location	Coordinates
		1	Portland	Fort Williams	43.6239996, -70.2112305
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP.
		1	Portsmouth	Fort Stark, Battery Kirk	43.0577885, -70.7127258
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP.
		1	Boston	Fort Dawes	42.350203, -70.95829
		Notes: HECP on Fort Dawes, HDCP on Fort Banks. Destroyed
		1	New Bedford	Mishaum Point Military Reservation	41.515824, -70.95432
		Notes: HECP on Mishaum Point Military Reservation, Destroyed. HDCP on Fort Rodman.
		1	Narragansett Bay	Fort Burnside	41.454693, -71.397169
		Notes: HECP on Fort Burnside, HDCP on Fort Adams.
		3	Long Island Sound	Fort H.G. Wright	41.2557869, -72.009303
		Notes: HECP on Fort H.G. Wright, HDCP on Fort Hancock (2).
		3	Southern New York	Fort Wadsworth (1)	40.604599, -74.055955
		Notes: Main HECP on Fort Wadsworth, HDCP on Fort Hancock (2).
		3	Southern New York	Fort Hancock (2), Battery Potter	40.466609, -74.001806
		Notes: Advanced HECP #1-New York. HECP on Fort Hancock (2), Battery Potter, HDCP on Fort Hancock (2), Battery McCook.
		3	Southern New York	Fort Tilden	40.561368, -73.885031
		Notes: Advanced HECP #2-New York, approximate location. HECP on Fort Tilden, HDCP on Fort Hancock (2), Battery McCook.
		4	the Delaware	Fort Miles	38.794249, -75.091427
		Notes: HECP located in FC Tower #9, HDCP located in separate facility.
		5	Chesapeake Bay	Fort Story	36.918075, -76.005226
		Notes: HECP #1 - Cape's Group. HECP on Fort Story, HDCP on Fort Story.
		5	Chesapeake Bay	Fort Monroe	37.003007, -76.305137
		Notes: HECP #2 - Hampton Roads Group, HECP on Fort Monroe, HDCP on Fort Story.
		6	Charleston	Fort Moultrie	32.759348, -79.857189
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP.
		7	Key West	Fort Taylor (2)	24.54845, -81.804757
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP.
		8	Pensacola	Fort Pickens, Battery Worth (2)	30.32348, -87.27935
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP.
		8	Galveston	Fort San Jacinto, Battery Mercer	29.329631, -94.758145
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP.
		11	San Diego	Fort Rosecrans	32.690053, -117.246341
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP.
		11	Los Angeles	Fort MacArthur, Battery Leary-Merriam	33.712359, -118.293791
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP.
		12	San Francisco	Fort Winfield Scott (2), Battery Dynamite (3)	37.801394, -122.476342
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP.
		13	the Columbia	Fort Stevens (1), Battery Mishler	46.207198, -123.970419
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP.
		13	Puget Sound	Fort Worden	48.140225, -122.769124
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP.
		13	Puget Sound	Camp Hayden	48.159609, -123.68582
		Notes: Auxillary HECP-HDCP with the primary at Fort Worden
		13	Puget Sound	Cape Flattery Military Reservation	48.3710188, -124.7077417
		Notes: Proposed HECP-HDCP at Cape Flattery
		Hawaii	Honolulu	Sand Island Military Reservation	21.301542, -157.873908
		Notes:
		Hawaii	Pearl Harbor	Fort Kamehameha
		Notes:
Sources: CDSG

Temporary Harbor Entrance Control Posts (HECP) (edit list)

Image	Plan	District	Harbor	Location	Coordinates
		Gulf	Mobile	Fort Morgan
		Notes:
		Gulf	Aransas Pass	Port Aransas MR
		Notes:
		Gulf	Freeport	Freeport MR
		Notes:
		Gulf	Sabine Pass	Sabine Pass MR
		Notes: Public Health Facility
		Gulf	New Orleans	Burrwood MR
		Notes:
		Gulf	New Orleans	Port Eads MR
		Notes:
		Gulf	Pascagoula	Pascagoula MR
		Notes:
		Gulf	Panama City	St Andrews MR
		Notes:
		Gulf	Calcasiieu Pass	Calcasiieu Pass MR
		Notes:
Sources: CDSG