Date of Visit: 8/06
Fort Name: Fort Ebey
Harbor Defense: Puget Sound
Current Site Name: Fort Ebey State Park
Current Site Use: Recreational
Is the Site open to the Public: Yes
Dates and Hours of Operation: 6:30AM – Dusk in Summer; 8:00 – Dusk in Winter
What type of programs are offered at the Site?
Occasional tours by the CDSG Whidbey Island Field Rep.
What is the overall condition of the Site?
Fort Elements: Good
Current Use: Recreational use for camping, hiking, paragliding & R/C gliders.
What is the condition of the Individual Fort Elements?
Batteries: P1 (#248) - Very Good; dry and clean.
Other Fort Elements:
--BC/B/S Station - Very Good; dry and clean
--Well House & Pumps – Excellent, used as sole source for Park water.
--No other original fort buildings standing.
What is the protective status of the Site? Washington State Parks Historical Asset and part of Ebey’s Landing National Historic Reserve
Current Site Owner(s):
Name of Current Site Supervisor: Bob Fisher Title: Park Manager Mailing Address: 395 N. Fort Ebey Road, Coupeville, WA 98239 Phone No: (360) 678-4636 Fax: (360) 678-2982 Email: None Web site: www.parks.wa.gov/ftebey.htmSite Support Group(s):
Name of Group: Central Whidbey Trails Council Contact Person: Doug Shepard Mailing Address: 508 N. Fort Ebey Road, Coupeville, WA 98239 Phone No: (360) 678-4502 Ext ________Is the Site itself or a responsible individual at the Site a CDSG member? No
What information can the CDSG provide to the management of the site?
- Complete location map of fort buildings, structures and environs. This includes anything that is not on CDSG tour notes Drawing SITE 3 – FORT EBEY, EX.NO. 20B.
The park management has information on building numbers, uses, and in some cases detailed drawing sets of buildings/environs (SCR 296 radar building & antenna, water tower, bowling alley, etc.) and government property inventory lists. No location maps however are available.
- Any historical data would also be welcome.
Are there any projects at the Site that would benefit from CDSG funding? None at present time.
Please indicate any significant individual batteries, base-end stations, buildings, etc.
- At Battery #248 most internal doors are made of wood. 85% are intact and functional with no visible signs of rot or dampness.
- A bank of Fort Ebey radios and the plotting table (with many accessories) are in storage at Fort Worden.
- Fort Ebey won an international gun-firing trophy in 1944. “…Firing at 14000 yards on a towed target simulating a destroyer we scored 22 hits in 18 rounds. A hit within an area 5 yards square counts as two hits, a broadside and a bow on hit. These were fantastic guns….” Signed note: Samuel C. Kelley Jr, Major, 14th Coast Artillery, Commanding Officer, Fort Ebey.
Fort Name: Fort Ebey (Swantown)
Harbor Defense: Puget Sound
Current Site Name: Private Residence
Current Site Use: Out Building for a private home
Is the Site open to the Public: No
What is the overall condition of the Site?
Fort Elements: Good
Current Use:
What is the condition of the Individual Fort Elements?
Other Fort Elements:
--Structure B 5/2, S 5/2 Swantown.
What is the protective status of the Site? None