AMERICAN SEACOAST DEFENSES:
FORTS, MILITARY RESERVATIONS and BATTERIES 1794-1945
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Printable list of First, Second andThird System Forts PDF file (123list.pdf)
Printable list of Modern (1890-1945) defenses PDF file (cdlist08.pdf)
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First & Second System Forts (1794-1812) (online html fort list)
Third System Forts (1820-1867) (online html fort list)
1870-75 construction program (online location list)
Modern Era Harbor Defense Locations (1890-1945)
The Battery list web pages below were revised in 2004, HOWEVER, the MOST ACCURATE fort and battery list is the downloadable PDF file!!!
Click here for notes and abbreviations for the listings.The symbols on the maps are for various fire control elements. Two symbol keys are included here as downloadable PDF Files: a 1921 symbol key (symb21.pdf 74K) and a 1940 symbol key (symb40.pdf 85K)
US North Atlantic Coast (online html fort & battery list)
- PDF MAP FILE SETS (click link to download):
- Kennebec River, ME: 1921 Maps PDF (210K) 4 pages $0.20
Portland, ME: 1921 Maps PDF (573K)13 pages $0.65/ 1935 Maps PDF (256K) 7 pages $0.35
Portsmouth, NH: 1921 Maps PDF (302K) 6 pages $0.30
Boston, MA 1921: 1921 Maps PDF (606K) 18 pages $0.90/ 1935 Maps PDF (384K) 12 pages $0.60
New Bedford, MA 1921: 1921 Maps PDF (101K) 2 pages $0.10/ 1935 Maps (100K) 2 pages $0.10
Narrangansett Bay, RI 1921: 1921 Maps PDF (323K) 7 pages $0.35/ 1935 Maps (224K) 5 pages $0.30
Long Island Sound, CT & NY: 1921 Maps PDF (390K) 13 pages $0.65
US Mid Atlantic Coast (online html fort & battery list)
- PDF MAP FILE SETS (click link to download):
- East Entrance New York, NY: 1921 Maps, PDF (209K) 4 pages $0.20
- South Entrance New York, NY & NJ: 1921 Maps PDF (501K) 12 pages $0.60/ 1935 Maps PDF (252K) 10 pages $0.50
Delaware Bay, DE & NJ: 1921 Maps PDF (258K) 5 pages $0.25,/1945 Maps PDF (194K) 4 pages $0.20
Baltimore, MD: 1921 Maps PDF (218K) 6 pages $0.30
Potomac River, MD & VA: 1921 Maps PDF (293K) 9 pages $0.45
Chesapeake Bay, VA: 1921 Maps PDF (428K) 10 pages $0.50
US South Atlantic Coast (online html fort & battery list)
- PDF MAP FILE SETS (click link to download):
- Beaufort, NC
Cape Fear River, NC: 1921 Maps PDF (77K) 2 pages $0.10
Charleston, SC: 1921 Maps PDF (207K) 7 pages $0.35/1945 Maps PDF (284K) 8 pages $0.40
Port Royal Sound, SC: 1921 Maps PDF (65K) 3 pages $0.15
Savannah, GA: 1921 Maps PDF (215K) 6 pages $0.30
Jacksonville, FL (in PDF above)
US Gulf Coast (online html fort & battery list)
- PDF MAP FILE SETS (click link to download):
- Key West, FL: 1921 Maps PDF (162K) 6 pages $0.30/ 1934 Maps PDF (132K) 4 pages $0.20
Tampa Bay, FL: 1921 Maps PDF (117K) 4 pages $0.20
Pensacola, FL: 1921 Maps PDF (204K) 8 pages $0.40
Mobile Bay, AL: 1921 Maps PDF (98K) 4 pages $0.20
Mississippi River, LA: 1921 Maps PDF (105K) 4 pages $0.20
Galveston, TX: 1921 Maps PDF (120K) 4 pages $0.20
US Pacific Coast (online html fort & battery list)
- PDF MAP FILE SETS (click link to download):
- San Diego, CA: 1921 Maps PDF (177K) 6 pages $0.30 / 1944 Maps PDF (192K) 5 pages $0.25
Los Angeles, CA: 1921 Maps PDF (225K) 6 pages $0.30/1935 Maps PDF (224K) 5 pages $0.25/1944 Maps PDF (335K) 5 pages $0.25
San Francisco, CA: 1921 Maps PDF (1.1 MB) 25 pages $1.50/1944 Maps (473K) 5 pages $0.25
Columbia River, OR & WA: 1921 Maps PDF (213K) 17 pages $0.85/1934 Maps PDF (197K) 8 pages $0.40/1946 Maps PDF (492K) 9 pages $0.45
Grays Harbor, WA: 1921 Maps PDF (122K) 5 pages $0.25
Puget Sound, WA: 1921 Maps PDF (541K) 17 pages $0.85/1945 Maps PDF (180K) 4 pages $0.20
Hawaii (online html fort & battery list):
- PDF MAP FILE SETS (click link to download): 1921 Maps PDF (572K) 15 pages $0.75
Manila & Subic Bay, the Philippines (online html fort & battery list):
- PDF MAP FILE SETS (click link to download):1921 Maps PDF (618K) 16 pages $0.80/1935 Maps PDF (551K) 13 pages $0.65/Fort Drum PDF (102K) 4 pages $0.20/ 1925 Ft. Mills AA PDF (404K) 7 pages $0.35
Panama Canal Zone (online html fort & battery list ):
- PDF MAP FILE SETS (click link to download): 1921 Maps PDF (518K) 15 pages $0.75/1935 Maps PDF (476K) 13 pages $0.65
Alaska (online html fort & battery list)
- PDF MAP FILE SETS (click link to download):
- Sitka, AK 1945 annex exhibit maps PDF (220K) 6 pages $0.30
Seward, AK 1945 annex exhibit maps PDF (1.1 MB) 11 pages $0.55
Kodiak, AK 1945 annex exhibit maps PDF (832K) 12 pages $0.60
Dutch Harbor, AK 1945 annex exhibit maps PDF (1.4MB) 17 pages $0.85
Other Atlantic & Caribbean defenses (online html fort & battery list)
- Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada
Bermuda
Jamacia (planned)
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: 1921 Map series (K)
Vieques Sound, Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Trinidad (planned)
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