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American Seacoast Defense on-line Historical Reference Materials

  • American Seacoast Defenses (a brief history)
  • Photo Gallery of Existing American Seacoast Artillery Weapons& Seacoast Defense Sites
  • Lists of Modern US Forts and Batteries & PDF Map Files Downloads
  • Surviving Seacoast Artillery (a list in PDF format on the CDSG download page)
  • List of American Remaining Coast Artillery Artifacts
  • An Annotated List of Key References
  • U.S. Army Coast Artillery Organization 1901-1943
  • Index/Table of Contents for Past Issues of the CDSG News/Journal
  • CDSG representative reports (Current updates on US seacoast defense locations )
  • The Battery Pratt Restoration Project
    • CDSG Home

    From around the Nation: Harbor Defense Forts Today

    Re-enactor gun drill, 6 inch Battery Chamberlin, mid-1990s
    Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Presidio of San Francisco, CA

    Restored fire control tower at Fort Mott State Park, New Jersey, 2002

    See Photo Gallery for more photos!

    For questions or more information contact:

    Mark Berhow

    berhowma@insightbb.com