The Harbor Defenses of the Carribean

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Defenses in Newfoundland, Canada

FORT McANDREW /Argentia /to Canada 1995, commercial development /KK
#281/2/ 6"/SBC/WWII/Argentia North, guns to Ft. Columbia 1993
#282/2/ 6"/SBC/WWII/Still Emplaced, Hill 195
unnamed/2/ 6"/NP//
unnamed/2/ 6" /NP//Latine Point
unnamed/2/155 mm/PM
unnamed/2/155 mm/PM// Harmon Field, Stephenville
unnamed/2/ 3"/P//Isaac Point, later relocated
unnamed/2/3"/P// North tip of airport from Issac Point?
AMTB/2/90 mm/F//Roche Pt., covered
AMTB/2/90 mm/F//Ship Harbor Pt. ?

FORT PEPPERELL /?
Unnamed/2/ 8"/BC/WWII/M1918 carr., Signal Hill, later Redcliff Head

Defenses in Bermuda

Bermuda
unnamed/2/8"/RY//Fort Victoria, Scaur Hill
#283/2/ 6"/SBC/WWII/Stone (Tudor) Hill, Southhampton Parish
#284/2/ 6"/SBC/WWII/Fort Victoria, St. Georges Is. covered
AMTB/4/90 mm/F//Fort Victoria

Defenses in Jamaica (planned)

Portland Bight, Heathshire
#285/2/ 6"/SBC/NB/battery location moved to Vieques Is.

Defenses in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

U.S. Naval Station /never armed by Army / ?
unnamed/4/ 6"/DC/191?-NA/Conde' Bluff Reservation Taft-era, carriages only
unnamed/4/ 3"/P/ NA/Cuzco Hill Reservation

The Harbor Defenses of Vieques Sound, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (Roosevelt Roads)

Puerto Rico sites / ?
#152/2/16"/CBC/NB/Punta Mata Redonda
#155/2/16"/CBC/NB/Punta Yeguan
#406/2/ 8"/BCLRN/NC?-1948/Punta Mata Redonda, magazine not built
#265/2/ 6"/SBC/WWII/Isla Pineros
#268/2 / 6"/SBC/WWII/Punta Lima, now a prision
#311/2/ 6" /SBC/NB/Cabo San Juan
AMTB/2/90 mm/F/WWII/Punta Algodones, HECP-HDCP
AMTB/4/90 mm/F/NB?
unnamed/2/155 mm/ Punta Yeguan

FORT CHARLES W. BUNDY /U.S. Naval Station, private
#153/2/16"/CBC/NB/Mt. Pirata
#154/2/16"/CBC/NB/Cerro Matias Jalobre (orig. Culebra Is.)
#266/2/ 6"/SBC/NB/Cerro Martineau or Punta Mulas
#267/2/ 6"/SBC/NB/Punta Arenas or Mt. Pirata
#285/2/ 6"/SBC/NB/East End, Vieques Island

Culebra Island sites (planned)
#312/2/ 6"/SBC/NB/North Pt.
#313/2/ 6"/SBC/NB/Dolphin Hd.

FORT SAGARRA / St. Thomas Island sites /1944 /KK
#401/2/ 8"/BCLRN/NC -1948/Fortuna Hill, gunblocks only
#314/2 / 6"/SBC/NA/97% complete, Flamingo Pt., Water Is.
#315/2/ 6"/SBC/NB/Hill 411
AMTB/2/90 mm/F/WWII/Water Is. (Ft. Segerra)
AMTB/4/90 mm/F/WWII/Water Is.

The Harbor Defenses of San Juan, Puerto Rico

FORT AMEZQUITA / Las Cabras Is. / San Juan park / KK
Reed / 2 / 12" / CBC / 1941-1948 / guns from Torbert, Ft. Delaware, new carr.
Cabras Island / 4 / 155 mm/ PM / 1941-
AMTB / 2 / 90 mm / F / mobile only?

FORT MASCARO / Punta Salinas / National Guard / kk
Buckey (#261) / 2 / 6" / SBC / WWII / Punta Salinas
Pence (#262) / 2 / 6" / SBC / WWII / East Salinas Island
Schwan (#263) / 2 / 6" / SBC / WWII / Punta Escambron, dest., 1965
Lancaster (#264) / 2 / 6" / SBC / WWII / Punta Cangrejos, modified

FORT BROOKE / El Morro / National Park Service / kk
“Point” / 1 / 3" / P / WWII / HECP-HDCP, exam battery
Morro / 1 / 4.7" / A / 1918-
Princesa / 1 / 4.7"/ A / 1918-
St. Elena / 1/ 4.7" / A / 1918-
La Princesa / 4 / 155 mm / PM / 1941-

Other Puerto Rico 155 mm batteries / ?
Acuda / 4 / 155 mm / PM / 1941- / Acuadilla
Algarrobo / 4 / 155 mm / PM / 1941- / Mayaguez
Ponce / 4 / 155 mm / PM 1941- Ponce
Borinquen East / 2 / 155 mm / PM 1941-/ Borinquen
Borinquen West / 2 / 155 mm / PM / 1941- / Borinquen

Planned defenses in Trinidad

Fort Read (planned)
unnamed/2/12"/CBC/NB/Corozol Pt.
unnamed/2/12"/CBC/NB/Chacachara Is.
#271/2/ 6"/SBC/NB/Corozal Pt.
#272/2/ 6"/SBC/NB/north Monos Is.
#273/2/ 6"/SBC/NB/south Monos Is.
#274/2/ 6"/SBC/NB/Chacachara Is.
#275/2/ 6"/SBC/NB/Green Hill
AMTBs/8/90 mm/F/NB?