The Harbor Defenses of Eastern New York (HD ENY FortWiki)
FORT SLOCUM/ Davids Island/ 1863-(1928)/ city property/
K
Haskin / 8-12" / M /1897-1919
Overton /8-12"/M /1897-1919/ Pit A destroyed
"Practice" / 2-8"/ Rod/ 1896-1899/ partially buried
Kinney/ 2-6"/ P/ 1904-1917/ destroyed, guns to Tilden
Fraser/ 2-5"/ P/ 1901-1917/ destroyed
FORT SCHUYLER/ Throg's Neck/ 1833-(1928)/ New York State
Maritime Acadamy/ MC/ K
Gansevoort/ 2-12"/ DC/ 1899-1935/ 1 empl. destr., 1 empl.
buried
Hazzard/ 2-10"/ DC/ 1898-1930/ destroyed
Bell/ 2-5"/ BP/ 1900-1917/destroyed
Beecher/ 2-3"/ MP/ 1900-1920/ destroyed
FORT TOTTEN/ Willet's Point/ 1862-(1928)/ Army Base/ MD,
MC/ KKKK
King/ 8-12"/ M/1900-1935/buried
Mahan/ 2-12"/ DC/ 1900-1918
Graham/ 2-10"/ DC/ 1897-1918
Sumner/ 2-8"/ DC/ 1899-1918
Stuart/ 2-5"/ BP/ 1899-1917
Baker/ 4-3"/ MP + P/ 1900-194?/ 2 M1903 P guns replaced during
1920s?
Burnes/ 2-3"/ P/ 1904-1946?
East Entrance New York, NY: 1921 Maps, PDF (209K) 4 pages $0.20
The Harbor Defenses of Southern New York (HD SNY FortWiki)
FORT TILDEN/ Rockaway/ 1926-1945/Gateway National Recreation
Area/ KKK
Harris/ 2-16"/BCLRA/ 1924-1948/ casemated WWII
Unnamed/ 4-12"/ M/ 1917-1919/at NAS Rockaway
Kessler (West)/ 2-6"/ P/ 1917-1947/ from Kinney, Slocum,
rebuilt 1941-42
#220/ 2-6"/ P/ 1942-1946/ part. buried, NA?
Ferguson (East)/ 2-6"/ P/ 1917-1942/ from Burke, Hamilton,
b uried
FORT HAMILTON/ East Narrows, Brooklyn/ 1831/ Army Post/
X(has remains of Third System fort)
Piper/8-12"/M/1901-1942/ (all Hamilton emplacements have
been destroyed or buried for highway)
Brown/2-12"/DC/1902-
Doubleday/2-12"/DC/1900-1943/
Neary/2-12"/BC/1900-1937
Gillmore/4-10"/DC/1899-1942/originally 7 empl., 3 later designated
Spear
Spear/3-10"/DC/1898-1917
Burke/2-6"/P/1903-1917/guns to Tilden
Livingston/4-6"/DC/1905-1948/later 2-P, 2-DC (2 DC guns to
West Point)
Johnston/2-6"/P/1902-1943///
Mendenhall/4-6"/DC/1905-1917
Griffin/2-4.7"/A/1899-1913/1 BC remains
&/2-3"/MP/1902-1920
&/2-3"/P/1903-1946
FORT WADSWORTH/West Narrows, Staten Is./1821/Gateway NRA,
Federal Housing/MD, MC/KKK
#115/2/16"/CBC/NB
Ayres/2/12"/DC/1901-1942/partially buried
Dix/2/12"/DC/1902-1944
Hudson/2/12"/DC/1899-1944/partially buried
Richmond/2/12"/DC/1899-1942/partially buried
Barry /2/10"/DC/1899-1918/
Upton/2/10"/DC/1899-1925/partially buried
unnamed/2/8"/Rod/1898/
Duane/5/8"/DC/1897-1915/magazines removed, 1 empl. destroyed
Barbour/2/6"/A/1898-1920/1 empl. buried
&/2/4.7"/A/1898-1920/1 empl. buried, 1 partially buried
Mills/2/6"/DC/1900-1943/both emplacements partially buried
#218/2/6"/SBC/1943 NA/-1958?
Catlin/6/3"/P/1904-1942
Bacon/2/3"/MP/1899-1918
Turnbull/6/3"/P/1903-1944/later 2 guns removed, partially
buried
New Turnbull (#14)/4/3"/P/1942-1946/covered
FORT HANCOCK/ Sandy Hook, N.J. /1885/ Gateway NRA, USCG/
MD, MC/ KKKKK
Proving Ground/many - various/various/1890-1920/Proving Ground
moved to Aberdeen, 1920
Dynamite/2/15"/Pne/1896-1902/USCG shooting range
&/1/8"/Pne/1896-1902/mine casemate 1921
Potter/2/12"/GLC/1890-1907
McCook/8/12"/M/1898-1923/advanced HECP-HEDP post 1943
Reynolds/8/12"/M/1898-1918/
Alexander/2/12"/DC/1899-1943
Bloomfield/2/12"/DC/1899-1944
Richardson/2/12"/DC/1904-1944
Kingman/2/12"/BCLR/1922-1946/casemated 1943
Mills/2/12"/BCLR/1922-1946/casemated 1943
Halleck/3/10"/DC/1898-1944/one gun removed 1910s
Granger/2/10"/DC/1898-1940s/
Arrowsmith/3/8"/DC/1909-1921/partially destroyed
Peck/2/6"/P/1903-1946/guns & carr. relocated '43 to Gunnison
site
Gunnison/2/6"/DC/1905-1943/extensively rebuilt for Peck's
guns
Peck "II" /New Peck/guns from original Peck/1943-1946/(ex-Gunnison),
guns repl 1976 Still Empl., battery being restored
Engle/1/5"/BP/1898-1917/CRF built on empl.
unnamed/1/4.7"/P/1898/temporary (Schneider)
Urmston/6/3"/MP + P/1903-1944/2 guns later replaced with
M1903 P
Morris/4/3"/P/1908-1946
New Urmston (#6)/2/3"/P/1942-1946/partially covered
AMTB #7/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946
AMTB #8/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/on ex-Peck
Highlands Military Reservation, New Jersey (Navesink)/Hartshorne
Woods County Park /KK
Lewis (#116 )/2/16"/CBC/1944-1948/
unnamed/4/12"/M/1917-1920/only one empl. remains uncovered
#219/2/6"/SBC/1944-1949/
other sites/ ?
#117/2/16"/CBC/NB/Nigger Pt. (now JFK Airport)
#20, /2/3"/P/1942-1946/Rockaway Point
New Catlin (#18)/4/3"/P/1942-1946/Norton Point, buried
AMTB /2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/Rockaway Point
AMTB #19/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/Norton Point, buried
AMTB/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/Miller Field
AMTB #12/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/Swinburne Island
South Entrance New York, NY & NJ: 1921 Maps PDF (501K) 12 pages $0.60/ 1935 Maps PDF (252K) 10 pages $0.50
The Harbor Defenses of the Delaware (HD DR FortWiki)
FORT MOTT/ Finns Point, N.J./ 1900/ state park/ KKK
Arnold/3/12"/DC/1899-1943
Harker/3/10"/DC/1899-1941 /guns and carr to Canada, guns
still at location in Canada
Gregg/2/5"/P/1901-1910
Krayenbuhl/2/5" /BP/1900-1918
Edwards/2/3"/CM/1902-1920
FORT DELAWARE/ Pea Patch Island/ 1847/ state park /MC/ KKK
Torbert/3/12"/DC/1901-194?/guns to Battery Reed, Puerto Rico
Dodd/2/4.7"/A/1899-1918/
Hentig/2/3"/P/1901-1942
Alburtis/2/3"/MP/1901-1920
Allen/2/3"/MP/1901-1920
FORT DuPONT/ Delaware City, Del. /1896 /assorted public
agencies, state park /MD, MC/ KKKK
Rodney/8/12"/M/1900-1941
Best/8/12"/M/1900-1941
Read/2/12"/BC/1899-1918/emplacements split, Btty Gibson located
between
Gibson/2/8" /DC/1899-1917/one structure with Read
Ritchie/2/5"/P/1900-1917/destroyed
Elder/2/3"/P/1904-1922/relocated 1922 to Delaware Beach
Elder II/2/3"/P/1942-1942/Liston front range light
FORT SAULSBURY/ Slaughter Beach, Del./ 1902/ private, Wildlife
Refuge/ KKK
Hall/2/12"/BCLR/1924-1945
Haslet/2/12"/BCLR/1924-1942/guns to Ft. Miles
Cape May M. R/ Cape May, NJ/ state park/ K
#223/2/6"/SBC /1944-1947/now in surf
AMTB #7/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/now in surf
nnamed/4/155 mm/PM//in surf
temporary/1/6"/P/1917-1919/C.G. base east of town, destroyed
FORT MILES /Cape Henlopen /1940/ state park/ MD, MC/ KKK
Smith (#118)/2/16"/CBC/1943-1948/
#119/2/16"/CBC/NB
#519/2/12"/CBC/1944-1948/guns from Haslet, Ft. Saulsbury
(replaced #119)
unnamed/4/8"/RY//covered/buried
unnamed/4/8"/RY//covered/buried
temporary/1/6"/P/1917-1918/Cape Henlopen M.R. from Ft. St.
Phillip
Herring (#221)/2/6"/SBC/1944-1948/earthen cover removed
Hunter (#222)/2/6"/SBC/1943-1947/
Exam/4/3"/P/1942-1946/mostly buried
AMTB #5A/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/mostly buried
AMTB #5B/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/1 block covered by parking lot
unnamed/4/155 mm/PM
Delaware Bay, DE & NJ: 1921 Maps PDF (258K) 5 pages $0.25,/1945 Maps PDF (194K) 4 pages $0.20
The Harbor Defenses of Baltimore (HDB FortWiki)
FORT HOWARD/ North Point/ 1900-(1928)/VA hospital, county
park/ MD, MC/ KKKK
Key /8/12"/M/1900-1927/
Stricker/2/12"/DC/1899-1918
Nicholson/2/6"/DC/1900-1927
Harris/2/5"/BP/1900-1917
Clagett/2/3"/MP/1901-1920
Lazear/2/3"/MP/1900-1920/destroyed
FORT CARROLL/ Soller's Point Flats/1848-(1928)/ private/
KK
Towson/2/12"/BC/1900-1918/
Heart/2/5" /BP/1900-1917
Augustin/2/3"/MP/1900-1920
FORT ARMISTEAD/ Hawkins Point/ 1896-(1928) /city park /MC/
KK
Winchester/1/12"/DC/1900-1918
McFarland/3/8"/DC/1900-1917
Irons/2/4.7"/A/1900-1913
Mudge/2/3"/MP/1901-1920/partially destroyed
FORT SMALLWOOD/ Rock Point/ 1890-(1928)/ city park/ K
Hartshorne/2/6"/DC/1900-1927
Sykes/2/3"/P/1905-1927/destroyed
Baltimore, MD: 1921 Maps PDF (218K) 6 pages $0.30
The Harbor Defenses of the Potomac (HD PR FortWiki)
FORT WASHINGTON/ east bank, MD/ 1814-(1928) 1947/ Capital
National Park Area/ MD, MC/ KKK
Meigs/8/12"/M/1902-1914
Decatur/2/10"/DC/1899-1918
Emory/2/10"/DC/1898-1929
Humphreys/2/10"/DC /1899-1929
Water/1/10"/BC/1898-1898
Wilkin/2/6"/DC/1902-1928
White/2/4"/P/1899-1921
Smith/2/3"/MP/1903-1920
Many/2/3"/P/1905-1928
FORT HUNT west bank, VA 1899-(1928)1933 Capital National
Park Area KK
Mount Vernon/3/8"/DC/1898-1917
Porter/1/5"/BP/1901-1917
Robinson/1/5"/BP/1901-1917
Sater/3/3"/MP/1904-1920
Potomac River, MD & VA: 1921 Maps PDF (293K) 9 pages $0.45
The Harbor Defenses of Chesapeake Bay (HD CB FortWiki)
FORT MONROE/ Old Point Comfort/ 1819 (C.A. School 1907-1948)/
Army base/ MD, MC/ KKK
#124/2/16"/CBC/NB
Anderson/8/12" /M/1898-1943
Ruggles/8/12"/M/1898-1943/emplacements partially destroyed
DeRussy/3/12"/DC/1904-1944
Parrott/2/12"/DC/1906-1943/emplacements modified for AMTB
#23
Humphreys/1/10"/DC/1897-1910/destroyed
Eustis/2/10"/DC/1901-1942/destroyed
Church/2/10"/DC/1901-1942
Bomford/2/10"/DC/1897-1940/destroyed
N.E. bastion/1/10"/DC/1900-1908
Barber/1/8"/BC/1898-1915/destroyed
Parapet/4/8"/BC/1898-1915/mostly buried
Water/1/8"/BC/1897-1898
Montgomery/2/6"/P/1904-1948/guns removed '20s, guns repl.
'41, dest.
Gatewood/4/4.7"/A/1898-1914/mostly buried
Irwin/4/3"/MP/1903-curr./all Gs rem. '20s, 2-3" P. repl.
'46, SE
AMTB #23/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/1 gun (from Fisherman's Is) Still
emplaced
FORT WOOL/Rip Raps, Hampton Roads/ 1830/ city park KK
Claiborne/2/6"/DC/1908-1918/
Dyer/2/6"/DC/1908-1917
Gates/2/6"/DC/1908-1942/converted to #229
Gates (#229)/2/6"/SBC/1944 NA //
Lee/4/3"/P/1905-1946 /2 guns to Ft. J. Custis, 2 guns to
Irwin, Ft. Monroe
Hindman/2/3"/P/1905-1946/
FORT JOHN CUSTIS/ Cape Charles/1940/ Fish and Wildlife Reserve/
KK
Unnamed/?/8"/RY/1942-1943
Winslow (#122)/2/16"/CBC/1943-1948/
#123/2/16"/CBC/NB
#228/2/6"/SBC/1943 NA
Fisherman Island/ Fish and Wildlife Reserve/ KK
#227/2/6"/SBC/1943-1965/Power equip. still in place
unnamed/4/5"/P/1917-1919/2-5"/2-6"?
Lee (AMTB #20)/2/3"/P/1942-1944/guns from Lee, Ft. Wool,
partially buried
AMTB #24/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946
unnamed/4?/155 mm/PM/
FORT STORY/ Cape Henry/ 1917/ Army post/ MC (MD?)/ KKK
Pennington/2/16"/LRH/1922-1947/original name for all 4 guns
Walke/2/16"/LRH/1922-1947/named as seperate battery in 1941
emplacements covered
Ketcham (#120) /2/16"/CBC/1943-1948/
#121/2/16"/CBC/1943-1948
Worcester (#224)/2/6"/P/1942-1947/prototype for the WW II
6-in construction
Cramer (#225)/2/6"/SBC/1943-1949/
#226/2/6"/SBC/1943-1949
unnamed/2/6"/P/1917-1919 /broken up, in surf
unnamed/2/5"/P/1917-1919/broken up, in surf
Exam (AMTB #19)/2/3"/P/1942-1945/guns from Irwin, Ft. Monroe,
buried
AMTB #21/2/90 mm/F/1942-/buried
AMTB #22/2/90 mm/F/1942-/awash
unnamed/4?/155 mm/PM
unnamed/4?/155 mm/PM
Chesapeake Bay, VA: 1921 Maps PDF (428K) 10 pages $0.50