Battery Name: 245
Harbor: Columbia River
Location: Fort Stevens
Eponym: not named
Photographs: (catalog)
Current status: excellent shape, battery open to public. In 1985 the State of Oregon installed two 5 inch guns in navy turrets in the emplacements.
Information from RCW Form 1 (date): March 1, 1945
Battery commenced: Oct. 28, 1942
Battery completed: Aug. 31, 1944
Date of transfer: Oct. 28, 1944
Material of construction: reinforced concrete
Cost to date of transfer: $248,578
Type of data transmission: telephones furnished and installed
by the Signal Corps.
Trunnion elevation in battery: 31.05 ft.
Datum plane: mean sea level
Sources of electric current: Diesel driven electric generators.
Procured and installed by the Ordnance Department. Voltage: 440
AC, 3 phase, 3 units with a capacity of 125 kW each. Max. 35 kW
req. for utilities. Max. 80 kW req. for non-battle conditions.
Commercial power provided capacity 50 kW. No auxiliary power unit
provided.
RCW Form 5 (date):
Armament: 2 gun emplacements
# 1: Cal., 6": Length, 309.90": Model, T2: Serial
No., 27: Manufacturer, Watervliet: Mounted, July 1944
# 1: Carriage Type, barbette: Model, M4: Serial No., 7: Manufacturer,
Wellman Eng. Co., Akron, OH:
Motor, 10 hp, 70V, DC
# 2: Cal., 6": Length, 309.90": Model, T2: Serial
No., 26: Manufacturer, Watervliet: Mounted, July 1944
# 2: Carriage Type, barbette: Model, M4: Serial No., 8: Manufacturer,
Wellman Eng. Co., Akron, OH:
Motor, 10 hp, 70V, DC
Historical Notes and Comments: Constructed by government forces, authorized by Dir. Cons. No. FS-282, designated job No. Ft. Stevens FS-2. Disarmed 1947 or 1948.