Battery Worchester (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
USA /
Virginia /
Virginia Beach /
Virginia Beach, Virginia
World
/ USA
/ Virginia
/ Virginia Beach
World / United States / North Carolina
Second World War 1939-1945, military
Two shielded 6 inch guns, with underground ammunition storage and plotting rooms between the gun pits.
This battery served as the prototype for dozens of similar batteries constructed during World War II from the Panama Canal to Alaska to the Virgin Islands.
This battery served as the prototype for dozens of similar batteries constructed during World War II from the Panama Canal to Alaska to the Virgin Islands.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 36°55'25"N 76°0'2"W
- Joint Expeditionary Base Fort Story 4.1 km
- Naval Air Station Oceana (NTU/KNTU) 11 km
- Naval Air Station Oceana - Dam Neck Annex 13 km
- Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek 17 km
- Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress (NFE/KNFE) 28 km
- Norfolk, Virginia 30 km
- Naval Station Norfolk (NGU/KNGU) 30 km
- Langley Air Force Base (LFI/KLFI) 40 km
- Battle of Hampton Roads 40 km
- Fort Eustis 62 km
- First Landing State Park 2.9 km
- The North End 4.2 km
- Broad Bay 4.6 km
- Hilltop 7.4 km
- Lynnhaven Bay 8.7 km
- Lynnwood 11 km
- Pembroke 13 km
- Little Creek 13 km
- Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater 38 km
- Northampton County, Virginia 42 km