UXO Site selected: Fullerville Target, FL

General Area: Deland, FL

Site Type/Program: FUDS

Location: The former Fullerville Target consisted of approximately 219 acres of land located in sections 22, 23, 26 and 27, Township 17 South, Range 29 East, Lake County, Florida. It is approximately 5 miles southwest of the city of Deland and four miles east of Fullerville, Florida. The property is accessible from county maintained Cummer Road and borders on State Road 44 where it is enclosed by a barbed wire fence. Formal entry is through a locked gate on Cummer Road.

Brief History: Fullerville Target, later designated as "Kongo", the name of a Japanese battleship, was acquired by the U.S. Government for use as a bombing target for the Navy in December, 1943. The property was obtained by lease and or condemnation from Henry A. Tanner and the Brown Lumber and Manufacturing Company and used as a bombing target until 1 May 1946 when it was no longer required. The Fullerville Target was used primarily for range estimation and angle calibration. The target consisted of the outline of a battleship on the ground. Small practice bombs containing the Signal AN-MK 4 were used. No evidence exists to indicate that any other type of munitions items were ever used at this site. On 13 October 1945, the Naval Air Operational Training Command (NAOTC) determined that the Fullerville Target would not be required when the Daytona Beach and the Deland NASs were to go into caretaker status 1 May 1946. The NAOTC stated that no post-war plans would require retention of the site. The site was returned to the previous owners in 1946.

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Activities Completed: The draft Archives Search Report for Fullerville Target was completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, in August 1996.

Issues: The recommended strategy is NOFA, RAC 3. Rock Island District needs to inform the geographical district that a letter of notification must be sent to the landowner and that a Closure Report will be done for this site.

Other Information: NOFA

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