Harbor Entrance Control Posts

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World War II Harbor Entrance Control Posts (HECP) (edit list)

Image	Plan	District	Harbor	Location	Coordinates
		1	Portland	Fort Williams (1)	43.624, -70.21123
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP.
		1	Portsmouth	Fort Stark, Battery Kirk	43.05779, -70.71273
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP.
		1	Boston	Fort Dawes	42.3502, -70.95829
		Notes: HECP on Fort Dawes, HDCP on Fort Banks. Destroyed
		1	New Bedford	Mishaum Point Military Reservation	41.51582, -70.95432
		Notes: HECP on Mishaum Point Military Reservation, Destroyed. HDCP on Fort Rodman.
		1	Narragansett Bay	Fort Burnside	41.45469, -71.39717
		Notes: HECP on Fort Burnside, HDCP on Fort Adams.
		3	Long Island Sound	Fort H.G. Wright	41.25579, -72.0093
		Notes: HECP on Fort H.G. Wright, HDCP on Fort Hancock (2).
		3	Southern New York	Fort Wadsworth (1)	40.6046, -74.05596
		Notes: Main HECP on Fort Wadsworth, HDCP on Fort Hancock (2).
		3	Southern New York	Fort Hancock (2), Battery Potter	40.46661, -74.00181
		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	40.56137, -73.88503
		Notes: Advanced HECP #2-New York, approximate location. HECP on Fort Tilden, HDCP on Fort Hancock (2), Battery McCook.
		4	the Delaware	Fort Miles	38.79425, -75.09143
		Notes: HECP located in FC Tower #9, HDCP located in separate facility.
		5	Chesapeake Bay	Fort Story	36.91808, -76.00523
		Notes: HECP #1 - Cape's Group. HECP on Fort Story, HDCP on Fort Story.
		5	Chesapeake Bay	Fort Monroe	37.00301, -76.30514
		Notes: HECP #2 - Hampton Roads Group, HECP on Fort Monroe, HDCP on Fort Story.
		5	Beaufort Inlet	Fort Macon	34.69610, -76.67863
		Notes:
		6	Charleston	Fort Moultrie	32.75935, -79.85719
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP.
		7	Key West	Fort Taylor (2)	24.54845, -81.80476
		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	29.32963, -94.75815
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP
		11	San Diego	Fort Rosecrans	32.69005, -117.24634
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP.
		11	Los Angeles	Fort MacArthur, Battery Leary-Merriam	33.71236, -118.29379
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP.
		12	San Francisco	Fort Winfield Scott (2), Battery Dynamite (3)	37.80139, -122.47634
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP.
		13	the Columbia	Fort Stevens (1), Battery Mishler	46.2072, -123.97042
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP.
		13	Puget Sound	Fort Worden	48.14023, -122.76912
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP.
		13	Puget Sound	Camp Hayden	48.15961, -123.6858
		Notes: Auxillary HECP-HDCP with the primary at Fort Worden
		13	Puget Sound	Cape Flattery Military Reservation	48.37102, -124.70774
		Notes: Proposed HECP-HDCP at Cape Flattery
		Hawaii	Honolulu	Sand Island Military Reservation	21.30154, -157.87391
		Notes:
		Hawaii	Pearl Harbor	Fort Kamehameha
		Notes:
		Alaska	Sitka	Fort Rousseau	57.04002, -135.38979
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP
		Alaska	Seward	Fort Bulkley	59.84043, -149.37147
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP
		Alaska	Kodiak	Fort Greely (1)	57.76651, -152.47051
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP Pictures
		Alaska	Dutch Harbor	Fort Schwatka	53.92061, -166.51035
		Notes: Combined HECP-HDCP Pictures
		Newfoundland	Argentia	Fort McAndrew	47.29771, -53.98725
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Sources: CDSG