8 miles?
close enough for government work... jeesh.. should have used Google Earth or something
should have used Google Earth or something
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During WWII (1942)the Germans were raising havoc on the East Coast, using lights from the shore (they refused to shut down and darken the coast line) to sink tankers and such that were going up the East Coast.. They stood out like targets in a shooting gallery.
Anyway, one of the Subs involved got into NY Harbor, and the skipper says they used the lights and an Esso road map to navigate.
“Operation Drumbeat” (Gannon).