Searchlights #3 and #4
Soquel Point, HD Kodiak
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Searchlights #3 and #4 are located at Soquel Point, to the south of Fort J. H. Smith. Each searchlight was equipped with a combined concrete shelter and power plant. Operators would move the searchlight to an operating possition the end of a short concrete track when needed.

Both searchlights were directed from a single Distant Electrical Control, or DEC, station. Although not shown so on Army plans, this double station is larger than a typical DEC.


DEC Station


Looking northwest at the DEC station.
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The rear of the station. It appears that the backfilling was never completed.
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The east side of the station.
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Looking east inside the station.
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Looking south in the station.
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The north corner of the DEC station.
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Detail of telephone mounting panel on the rear wall.
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Searchlight #3


The shelter, looking northwest.
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Detail of concrete tracks for the searchlight.
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Looking east inside the shelter.
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Inside the shelter, looking west.
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Searchlight #4


The front of the shelter.
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Detail of the only remaining door.
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Looking northeast inside the shelter.
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Inside the shelter, looking southwest.
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Documents
Form 4, Searchlight #3May 1, 1944
Plan, Searchlight #3September 1, 1945
Form 4, Searchlight #4May 1, 1944
Plan, Searchlight #4September 1, 1945
Detail map of area.October 1944
Area of Illumination map. 



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