A Harbor Defense Command was a military organization of the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps designated in 1925 from predecessor organizations dating from circa 1895.[1][2] It consisted of the forts, controlled underwater minefields, and other coastal defenses of a particular harbor or river. Harbor Defense Commands, along with the similar Coast Artillery Corps, were disestablished in 1950.
- ^ Kaufmann, J. E. (2007). Fortress America. Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306812941. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
Harbor Defense Command was the name given after 1925 to the coastal...
- ^ Berhow, p. 432