Battery Name: Francis L. Guenther
Harbor: Columbia River
Location: Fort Canby
Eponym: Brig. Gen. Francis L. Guenther, died Dec. 5, GO 13, Mar. 27, 1922.
Battery Guenther (2003)
Battery Guenther 1930s?
Battery Guenther pit 2003
Current status: clean, in good shape. On Coast Guard Property
Information from RCW Form 1 (date): June 30, 1922
Battery commenced: June 1918
Battery completed: July 1921 (telephones not received until May
1922).
Date of transfer: June 30, 1922
Material of construction: concrete
Portland or Rosendale cement: portland
Cost to date of transfer: $178,155.49
Type of data transmission: none
Trunnion elevation in battery: A-29.48', B- 29.50'
Datum plane: MLLW
Sources of electric current: central or reserve power plant
Max. kw. Required for lights: 4.88 kW
Max. kw. Required for motors: none
RCW Form 5 (date): none
Armament: 4 mortars (2 pits)
A# 1: Cal., 12": Length, 129.25": Model, 1890MI:
Serial No., 29: Manufacturer, Builders Iron Found.: Mounted, CAC
A# 1: Carriage Type, Mor. ARF: Model, 1896MI: Serial No., 124:
Manufacturer, Am. Hoist & D.Co.: Motor, none
A# 1: Hoist Type, none
A# 2: Cal., 12": Length, 129.25": Model, 1890MI:
Serial No., 35: Manufacturer, Builders Iron Found.: Mounted, CAC
A# 2: Carriage Type, Mor. ARF: Model, 1896MI: Serial No., 123:
Manufacturer, Am. Hoist & D.Co.: Motor, none
A# 2: Hoist Type, none
B# 1: Cal., 12": Length, 129.25": Model, 1890MI:
Serial No., 48: Manufacturer, Watervliet.: Mounted, CAC
B# 1: Carriage Type, Mor. ARF: Model, 1896MI: Serial No., 119:
Manufacturer, Am. Hoist & D.Co.: Motor, none
B# 1: Hoist Type, none
B# 2: Cal., 12": Length, 129.25": Model, 1890MI:
Serial No., 52: Manufacturer, Watervliet Mounted, CAC
B# 2: Carriage Type, Mor. ARF: Model, 1896MI: Serial No., 120:
Manufacturer, Am. Hoist & D.Co.: Motor, none
B# 2: Hoist Type, none
Historical Notes and Comments: Armament transferred from Battery Clark, 1918. Armament ordered salvaged 400.93 (Columbia River) CM 14090 (1943?)
