https://nedefenses.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Nashawena_Island_MR 2026-06-06T04:19:15Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.3 https://nedefenses.com/index.php?title=Nashawena_Island_MR&diff=3479&oldid=prev 2026-03-23T12:58:37Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 07:58, 23 March 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Harbor Defenses of New Bedford/Buzzards Bay]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Harbor Defenses of New Bedford/Buzzards Bay]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Loc. 57B was a WWII AMTB battery site on Nashawena Island in Gonsold MA.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Loc. 57B <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Nashawena Island </ins>was a WWII AMTB battery site on Nashawena Island in Gonsold MA.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Battery AMTB 933 ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Battery AMTB 933 ==</div></td></tr> </table>

J. Malcolm https://nedefenses.com/index.php?title=Nashawena_Island_MR&diff=3475&oldid=prev 2026-03-23T12:55:53Z

<p>updated some info.</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 07:55, 23 March 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Harbor Defenses of New Bedford/Buzzards Bay]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Harbor Defenses of New Bedford/Buzzards Bay]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Nashawena Island was selected to have AMTB 933 which was near Fox Point. This site was designated </del>Loc. 57B<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. The </del>site <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is </del>on <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">private property owned by trustees</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Loc. 57B <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was a WWII AMTB battery </ins>site on <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Nashawena Island in Gonsold MA</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Battery AMTB 933 ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Battery AMTB 933 ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Constructed in 1943, this battery would have two 90mm guns on concrete bases and two 37mm guns on wooden platforms. Two magazines, a BC Station and Plotting room were all built near the emplacements. A one-story barracks and mess hall were also located on-site. A dock was built by the army on the island in 1942 and it was destroyed in the September 14th, 1944 hurricane. At the wars end, the guns were removed along with the barracks and mess hall. The BC Station may have remained as late as 1970 but it was most likely removed with the barracks in 1946-47. The magazines remain, although due to their wood construction they have collapsed leaving mounds of dirt and wood timber.&lt;gallery mode="packed"&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Constructed in 1943, this battery would have two 90mm guns on concrete bases and two 37mm guns on wooden platforms. Two magazines, a BC Station and Plotting room were all built near the emplacements. A one-story barracks and mess hall were also located on-site <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">among other various support buildings</ins>. A dock was built by the army on the island in 1942 and it was destroyed in the September 14th, 1944 hurricane. At the wars end, the guns were removed along with the barracks and mess hall. The BC Station may have remained as late as 1970 but it was most likely removed with the barracks in 1946-47. The magazines remain, although due to their wood construction they have collapsed leaving mounds of dirt and wood timber.&lt;gallery mode="packed"&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>File:AMTB 933 Fox Point.jpg|2010 Aerial Image</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>File:AMTB 933 Fox Point.jpg|2010 Aerial Image</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>File:Nashawena Island Site Map.jpg|Site Map</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>File:Nashawena Island Site Map.jpg|Site Map</div></td></tr> </table>

J. Malcolm https://nedefenses.com/index.php?title=Nashawena_Island_MR&diff=2845&oldid=prev 2024-04-16T09:59:18Z

<p>Completed Page</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Category:Harbor Defenses of New Bedford/Buzzards Bay]]<br /> Nashawena Island was selected to have AMTB 933 which was near Fox Point. This site was designated Loc. 57B. The site is on private property owned by trustees.<br /> <br /> == Battery AMTB 933 ==<br /> Constructed in 1943, this battery would have two 90mm guns on concrete bases and two 37mm guns on wooden platforms. Two magazines, a BC Station and Plotting room were all built near the emplacements. A one-story barracks and mess hall were also located on-site. A dock was built by the army on the island in 1942 and it was destroyed in the September 14th, 1944 hurricane. At the wars end, the guns were removed along with the barracks and mess hall. The BC Station may have remained as late as 1970 but it was most likely removed with the barracks in 1946-47. The magazines remain, although due to their wood construction they have collapsed leaving mounds of dirt and wood timber.&lt;gallery mode=&quot;packed&quot;&gt;<br /> File:AMTB 933 Fox Point.jpg|2010 Aerial Image<br /> File:Nashawena Island Site Map.jpg|Site Map<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> === SOURCES and REFERENCES ===<br /> [https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=190385f9aadb4cf1b0dd8759893032db NOAA]<br /> <br /> November 1989 Edition of the CDSG News<br /> <br /> [https://www.northamericanforts.com/East/masouth.html American Forts Network]</div>

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