Elizabeth Islands Military Reservation was a World War II coastal defense site located on Cuttyhunk Island and Nashawena Island in the town of Gosnold, Massachusetts.

History

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M1 guns. These were mirrored across the channel by a single 90 mm AMTB battery at the

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. Both islands were disarmed in 1946.

Present

The site today consists of the foundations of the various buildings and gun blocks. Two fire control towers also remain standing.

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External links

List of all US coastal forts and batteries
at the Coast Defense Study Group, Inc. website {{FmrMAForts Installations of the U.S. Army in Massachusetts Gosnold, Massachusetts Buildings and structures in Dukes County, Massachusetts

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