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It has been a while since I've seen a thread like this - the rules are simple: attempt to identify the location of the last posted picture in the thread. Once the picture poster confirms the first correct responder that person then gets to add a (sailing-related) picture to the thread and the game continues.
Since I'm no good at this type of guesswork my only chance of getting a picture into the thread is by starting it off with the following picture:
It doesn't say military property, but "U.S. Property" so I'll go out on a limb and say that the photo was taken from "not U.S. Property". I didn't see such signs around the USVI so perhaps it is further west... The shoreline of Culebrita?
I'm glad I'm not the only one mystified by the picture. I got the military installation and non-tropical vegetation but that's where I stopped finding clues.
Ok, I think it might be Italy - there are over 100 U.S. bases there and many are on or close to the coast. If I rule out Air Force and Army and stick to the sea the list gets a bit shorter. I checked google maps around the 6th Fleet's home in Napoli with no luck.
Sooo. Naples has a prominent peninsula, and Gaeta less so, both are US naval euro bases.. but I can't find the landmarks shown so perhaps I'm on a goose chase....
It's not Italy--but it's not too far from Italy--and it's not associated with a US base. You are on the right (North) side of the Med. That should help you narrow things down.
I think tdw should get it, since I opened up google maps to "Toulon" and saw the promontory right away and it took longer to zoom in to it than I thought with the slow connection. Saint Mandrier-Sur-Mer
In World War II, Saint-Mandrier was fortified with two turrets, each mounting a pair of 340mm naval guns taken the French battleship Provence. This fortress controlled the approaches to Toulon, and the range and power of these guns was such that a considerable Allied naval force was required to destroy them. Part of the fleet, and the first to engage the battery, was the Free French battleship Lorraine, sister ship to the Provence and mounting the same type of gun. The Allies termed the battery 'Big Willie', and dedicated a battleship or heavy cruiser to shelling it every day; eventually USS Nevada silenced the guns on August 23, 1944, although the fortress would not be taken until 28th.[1][2]
Ok, here's a panorama picture of an anchorage (click on it for a bigger image)
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