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Elizabeth Islands Military Reservation
Part of Harbor Defenses of New Bedford
Gosnold, Massachusetts
90 mm M1 gun on T3/M3 fixed seacoast mount at Fort Monroe, Virginia.
Elizabeth Islands Military Reservation is located in Massachusetts
Elizabeth Islands Military Reservation
Elizabeth Islands Military Reservation
Location in Massachusetts
Coordinates41°25′21.79″N 70°54′0.88″W / 41.4227194°N 70.9002444°W / 41.4227194; -70.9002444
TypeCoastal Defense
Site information
Ownerprivate
Site history
Built1943
Built byUnited States Army
In use1943-1946
Battles/warsWorld War II
Garrison information
GarrisonCuttyhunk, Massachusetts
90 mm M1 gun on towed mount at CFB Borden, Canada.

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.

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