Fort Saulsbury | |
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Part of Harbor Defenses of the Delaware | |
Slaughter Beach, Delaware | |
![]() 12-inch M1895 gun on M1917 high-angle barbette carriage at Fort Mills, Corregidor, Philippines, similar to the guns at Fort Saulsbury. | |
Coordinates | 38°56′03″N 75°19′50″W / 38.93417°N 75.33056°W |
Type | Coastal Defense and POW camp |
Site information | |
Owner | private |
Controlled by | private |
Open to the public | no |
Site history | |
Built | 1924 |
Built by | United States Army |
In use | 1924–1946 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Fort Saulsbury was a United States Army coastal defense fort near Slaughter Beach and Milford, Delaware.[1] From 1924 to 1943 it was the primary heavy gun defense in the Harbor Defenses of the Delaware. In 1943 it was itself superseded by the longer-range 16-inch guns of Fort Miles at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, to which two of Fort Saulsbury's four guns were relocated. Fort Saulsbury was named for Willard Saulsbury Sr., a former US Senator from Delaware.