Photographs of Cape May

Battery 223 (5)

N 38°55.898 W074°57.342

Built in 1943 with two 6-inch M1 guns on M3 barbette carriages.
{see "American Seacoast Defenses" 2nd Ed. page 104}

The rear of the battery.	Overhead view from the lighthouse (high tide).
Rear (you can see both gun pads in this picture).	Overhead (low tide).
Side with gun emplacement #2.	Side with gun emplacement #1.
Beach replenishment late 2004. (Photo courtesy of Cape May Point State Park)	All gun emplacements are now buried. (Photo courtesy of Cape May Point State Park)
Door #1.	Door #2.

AMTB Battery 7

An anti-motor torpedo boat battery built in 1943 consisting of
four 90mm guns - two on fixed mounts and two on mobile mounts.
{see "American Seacoast Defenses" 2nd Ed. page 80}

Directly behind were igloo-style TNT magazines and two 30-inch
searchlight towers.
This photograph from the 1950's shows the remaining gun blocks.
Note the hut on Battery 223 - used for the Navy's radar equipment.

Temporary Battery 25

A set of four 155mm guns on 180-degree Panama mounts, installed in 1942.
This battery was directly in front of Battery 223. Since 223 is now in
the water, the 155's are also.
{see "American Seacoast Defenses" 2nd Ed. page 190}
The following images from the 1970's show Battery 223 gun pad #1 and 155 position #1.

(courtesy of Cape May Point State Park)

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