Editing New London, Connecticut (section)

===Military presence===
[[File:Connecticut - New London - NARA - 23936539 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|View of New London, 1930s]]
Several military installations have been part of New London's history, including the [[United States Coast Guard Academy]] and [[Coast Guard Station New London]].<ref>[http://www.uscg.mil/d1/sectlis/units/staNewLondon/ Coast Guard Station New London official web page]</ref> Most of these military installations have been located at [[Fort Trumbull]]. The first Fort Trumbull was an earthwork built 1775–1777 that took part in the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. The second Fort Trumbull was built 1839–1852 and still stands. During the [[Red Summer]] of 1919, there were [[New London riots of 1919|a series of racial riots]] between white and black Navy men stationed in New London and Groton.{{sfn|Rucker|Upton|2007|p=554}}{{sfn|The Greeneville Daily Sun|1919|p=1}}{{sfn|Voogd|2008|p=95}}

By 1910, the fort's defensive function had been superseded by the new forts of the [[Endicott Board|Endicott Program]], primarily located on [[Fishers Island]]. The fort was given to the [[Revenue Cutter Service]] and became the Revenue Cutter Academy. The Revenue Cutter Service was merged into the [[United States Coast Guard]] in 1915, and the Academy relocated to its current site in 1932.

During [[World War II]], the [[United States Merchant Marine|Merchant Marine]] Officers Training School was located at Fort Trumbull. From 1950 to 1990, Fort Trumbull was the location for the [[Naval Underwater Sound Laboratory]], which developed [[sonar]] and related systems for [[US Navy]] [[submarine]]s. In 1990, the Sound Laboratory was merged with the [[Naval Underwater Systems Center]] in [[Newport, Rhode Island]], and the New London facility was closed in 1996.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091026194651/http://www.geocities.com/~jmgould/trumhist.html The History of Fort Trumbull by John Duchesneau]</ref><ref name="r679">{{cite web | title=FORT TRUMBULL HISTORY | website=FRIENDS OF FORT TRUMBULL | date=2001-09-11 | url=http://www.fortfriends.org/history.htm | access-date=2024-12-02}}</ref>

The [[Naval Submarine Base New London]] is physically located in Groton, but submarines were stationed in New London during World War II and from 1951 to 1991. The [[submarine tender]] [[USS Fulton (AS-11)|''Fulton'']] and [[Submarine Squadron 10]] were based at State Pier in New London during this time. Squadron Ten was usually composed of eight to ten submarines and was the first all-nuclear submarine squadron. In the summer of 1960, peace activists from around the country gathered in New London to protest the all-nuclear submarines being based there. Participants held daily vigils and marches, handed out leaflets and talked with workers. Unable to achieve their goals by the end of the summer, some activists stayed in Connecticut and established the New England [[Committee for Non-Violent Action]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the Property |url=https://www.voluntownpeacetrust.org/history-of-the-property.html |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=THE VOLUNTOWN PEACE TRUST |language=en}}</ref>

USS ''Fulton'' was decommissioned, after 50 years of service, in 1991 and Submarine Squadron 10 was disbanded at the same time.  In the 1990s, State Pier was rebuilt as a [[freight container|container]] terminal.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}