The Harbor Defenses of the Gulf

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The Harbor Defenses of Key West

FORT TAYLOR /Key West / 1846-(1947) / state park, Naval Reservation / K
Seminole/8/12"/M/1904-1943
Osceola/2/12"/BC/1900-1944
DeLeon/4/10"/DC/1904-1940/destroyed 1962
Covington/2/ 8"/DC/1904-1917/destroyed 1962
DeKalb/2/ 6"/P/1906-1917/destroyed 1950s
#231/2/ 6"/SBC/194? NA / status?
Gardiner/2/4.7"/A/1898-1913/destroyed 1962
Ford/2/ 3"/P/1906-1946/destroyed 1964
Dilworth/2/ 3"/MP/1901-1920/destroyed 1970s
Adair/4/ 3"/MP/1901-1920/
AMTB #5/2-90mm/F/1943-1946/1 empl. on Adair
unnamed/ 4-155 mm/ PM/ 1940-1942/ 2 guns to Miami Beach, destroyed

Other locations ?
#232/ 2-6"/ SBC/ 1944-1946/ east of Martello Tower, Salt Ponds M.R. (airport)
Inman/ 2-3"/ P/ 1906-1946/ inside West Martello Tower
AMTB #6/ 2-90 mm/ F/ 1943-1946/ near West Martello Tower
unnamed/ 4-155mm/ PM/ 1942-1942/ West Martello Tower
unnamed/ 4-155mm/ PM/ 1943-1944/ near East Martello Tower

The Harbor Defenses of Tampa Bay

FORT DADE /Egmont Key / 1899-(1928)/ state park (1989) / MD, MC /K
unnamed/2/ 8"/Rod/1899-1900/guns to McIntosh, Mellon built over this battery
McIntosh/2/ 8"/DC/1900-1923/damaged by surf
Howard/2/ 6"/DC/190?-1926/damaged by surf erosion
Burchsted/2/ 6"/A/1899-1919/guns & carr. to Ft. DeSoto 1980, broken up in the gulf
&/1/ 3"/MP/1904-1920/broken up in the gulf
Mellon/3/ 3"/MP/1904-1920
Page/2/ 3"/P/1910-1919/broken up in the gulf

FORT DE SOTO /Mullet Key / 1901-(1928) /County Park (1963) / KK
Laidley/8/12"/M/1902-1921/4 mortars Still Emplaced, battery being restored
Bigelow/2/ 3"/MP/1904-1920/broken up in the gulf
"modern display"/2 - 6"/ A/ guns on display from Ft. Dade, Burchsted

unnamed/ 4-155mm/ PM/ 1942-1944/ Passa Grill Beach, Temp. HD of Tampa

Other Florida sites ? unnamed/ 2-155 mm/ PM/ 1943-1944/ Temp. HD of Panama City, FL unnamed/ 2-155 mm/ PM/ NA/ Port St. Joe, FL

The Harbor Defenses of Pensacola

FORT PICKENS /Santa Rosa Island /1845-(1947)/ Gulf Islands National Seashore / MD, MC /KKKK
Langdon/2/12"/BCLR/1923-1947/casemated-WWII
Worth/8/12"/M/1899-1942/4 guns removed 1918, HECP-HDCP 1943
Pensacola/2/12"/DC/1899-1935
Cullum/2/10"/DC/1898-1918/ modified for 2 - 3" from Trueman 1942
Sevier/2/10"/DC/1898-1934
Cooper/2/ 6"/DC/1906-1917/1 gun repl. 1976, (from West Point) SE
#234/2/ 6"/SBC/ 194? NA /2 guns repl. 1976 (from Ft. J. Custis) SE
Van Swearingen/2/4.7"/A/1898-1921/one gun & carr at Danielsville, GA
Trueman/2/ 3"/P/1905-1942/guns to Cullum
Payne/2/ 3"/P/1904-1946
AMTB/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946
unnamed/4/155 mm/PM/1937-1945

FORT McREE /Perdido Key /1843-(1947) / Gulf Islands National Seashore /K
Slemmer/2/ 8"/DC/1900-1918/partially buried
#233/2/ 6"/SBC/194? NA
Center/4/ 3"/MP/1901-1920/partially buried

The Harbor Defenses of Mobile

FORT MORGAN /Mobile Point / 1833-(1928) /state park /MD, MC /KKKK
Dearborn/8/12"/M/1901-1928
Duportail/2/12"/DC/1900-1928
Test/1/10"/DC/1916-1918/mostly buried
Bowyer/4/ 8"/DC/1898-1918//
Thomas/2/4.7"/A/1899-1918
Schenck/2/ 3"/MP/1900-1923
&/1/ 3"/P/1900-1923
unnamed/2/155 mm/PM/1942-1944/1 covered

FORT GAINES /Dauphin Island / 1821-(1928) / county park /KKK
unnamed/2/ 8"/Rod/1898-1899/covered by Stanton #1
Stanton/3/ 6"/DC/1901-1928
Terrett/3/ 3"/MP/1901-1923

Other Temp sites /?
unnamed/2/155 mm/PM/ Pascagoula, MS

The Harbor Defenses of the Mississippi

FORT ST. PHILIP / north bank / 1843-(1928) 1943 / private /MD, MC / KKK?
Pike/2/10"/DC/1898-1919
unnamed/2/ 8"/Rod/1898-1899/gun tubes to Ransom, Jackson, 1 built over
Forse/2/ 8"/DC/1899-1918
Merrill/4/ 6"/P/1907-1920/later only 2 guns, 2 guns to Delaware R.
Ridgely/2/4.7"/A/1899-1913/
Scott/2/ 3"/MP/1901-1920
Brooke/2/ 3" /MP/1904-1920

FORT JACKSON /south bank 1832-(1928) /parish park /KK
Ransom/2/ 8"/DC/1899-1918
Millar/2/ 3"/MP/1901-1920

Other Temp sites ? ? unnamed/ 2-155 mm/ PM/ 1942- / Calcasieu Pass, LA unnamed/ 2-155 mm/ PM/ 1942-1945/ Port Eads, LA, Temp. HD of New Orleans unnamed/ 2-155 mm/ PM/ 1942-1945/ Burrwood, LA, Temp. HD of New Orleans
Sabine Pass, LA,TX ? unnamed/1-8"/Rod/1898-1899/buried or destroyed? unnamed/2-155 mm/PM/ 1942-

The Harbor Defenses of Galveston

FORT TRAVIS /Bolivar Point (-1947) / county park /KK
Kimble/2/12"/BCLR/1922-1943/guns to Moultrie
Davis/2/ 8"/DC/1900-1918/deteriorating
#236/2/ 6"/SBC/ 194? NA
Ernst/3/ 3"/MP/1900-1946/converted to 3-in P

FORT SAN JACINTO / Fort Point / (-1947) / Corps of Eng. prop /MD, MC /K
Mercer/8/12"/M/1898-1943/ partially buried in mud
Heileman/2/10"/DC/1899-1943/ 1 gun ARF, destroyed
#235/2/ 6"/SBC/1944-1946/ partially buried
Hogan/2/ 4.7"/A/1898-1917/ partially destroyed
Croghan/2/ 3"/MP/1911-1946/ converted to 3-in P
AMTB #4/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/ destroyed