The Harbor Defenses of the N. Atlantic

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The Harbor Defenses of the Kennebec River

FORT BALDWIN /Sabino Head /1905 - 1928 /state park /MC (improvised) /KK

unnamed / 1-8" / Rod / 1899-1910 / at Fort Popham
Hardman / 1-6" / DC / 1908-1917
Hawley / 2-6" / P / 1908-1924 / mod. for 155 mm gun empl, WWII
Cogan / 2-3" / P / 1908-1924
unnamed / 4-155 mm / PM

The Harbor Defenses of Portland

Long Island Military Reservation /private /KK

unnamed / 2-3" / P / 1942-1943 / gunblocks covered
AMTB 965 / 2-90 mm / F / 1943-1946 / one gun block built over
AMTB 966 / 2-90 mm / F / 1943-1946

Other locations /KK

unnamed / 2-3" / P / 1942-1944 / Great Chebeague Island
AMTB 969 / 2-90 mm / F / 1943-1946 / Great Chebeague Island, buried
AMTB 970 / 2-90 mm / F / 1943-1946 / Bailey Island, one gun block covered

FORT LYON /Cow Island /1896 /private /KK

Bayard / 3-6" / DC / 1907-1917
Abbot / 3-3" / P / 1909-1946

FORT McKINLEY /Great Diamond Island /1896/ private /MD, MC /KKKKK

Ingalls / 8-12" / M / 1904-1942
Berry /2-12" /DC /1901-1943
Thompson /3-8" /DC /1902-1942
Weymouth /3-8" /DC /1901-1942
Honeycutt /2-8" /DC /1901-1942
Acker /2-6" /DC /1902-1943
Carpenter /2-6" /P /1906-1947
Farry /2-3" /MP /1902-1920
Ramsey /2-3" /MP /1902-1920

Peaks Island Military Reservation /private /MC /KK

Steele (#102) / 2-16" / CBC / 1945-1948
Cravens (#203) / 2-6" / SBC / 1945-1948 / built on
unnamed / 2-3" / P / 1942-1943 / one gun block covered
AMTB 963 / 2-90 mm / F / 1943-1946
AMTB 964 / 2-90 mm / F / 1943-1946 / buried/destroyed

Jewell Island Military Reservation /state prop /KK

#202 / 2-6" / SBC / 1944 / NC
AMTB 967 / 2-90 mm / F / 1943-1946
AMTB 968 / 2-90 mm / F / 1943-1946

FORT LEVETT /Cushing Island /1903 /private /KKKK

Foote /2-12" /BCLR /1924-1948 /casemated-WWII
Bowdoin /3-12" /DC /1903-1943
Kendrick /2-10" /DC /1903-1942
Ferguson /2-6" /P /1906-1947
Daniels /3-3" /MP 1/903-1920 /partially buried
AMTB 962 /2-90 mm /F /1943-1946

FORT PREBLE /Spring Point /1808 /state school /KKK

Kearny /8-12" /M /1901-1942 /buried
Chase /8-12" /M /1901-1942 /buried
Rivardi /2-6" /DC /1906-1918
Mason /1-3" /P /1906-1942 /gun moved to new position 1942
Mason II /1-3" /P /1942-1946 / destroyed

FORT WILLIAMS /Cape Cottage /1898 /city park /MD, MC /K

Blair /2- 12" /DC /1903-1943 /partially buried
Sullivan /3- 10" /DC /1898-1938 /buried
DeHart /2 -10" /DC /1898-1942 /buried
Garesche /2- 6" /DC /1906-1917
Hobart /1- 6" /A /1900-1913
Keyes /2 -3" /P /1905-1946
AMTB 961 /2 90 mm /F /1943-1946 /one gun block covered

Cape Elizabeth Military Reservation state park KK

#101 /2- 16" /CBC /NB /location not in park but nearby
#201 /2- 6" /SBC /194? /NA

Biddleford Military Reservation /private? /K

unnamed /4- 155 mm/ PM

The Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth

FORT FOSTER /Gerrish Island /1900 /city park /KK

Bohlen /3- 10" /DC /1901-1943 /partially buried
Chapin /2- 3" /P /1904-1943 / sod and sand cover removed
#205 /2 -6" /SBC /1944 /NC
AMTB 952 /2- 90 mm /F /1943-1946 / one block remains in floor of shelter

FORT CONSTITUTION /Newcastle Is. /1798 /park & USCG /MD, MC /K

Farnsworth/ 2- 8" /DC /1898-1917
Hackleman /2 3" /P /1904-1942 /guns to H.G. Wright, empl. destroyed

FORT STARK/ Jerrys Point/ 1902 /state park/ MC /KK

Hunter /2- 12" /DC /1904-1945
unnamed /2- 8" /Rod /1898-1900 /buried
Kirk /2- 6" /DC /1904-1917 /modified for HECP-HDCP
Hays /2- 3" /P /1905-1942
Lytle /2- 3" /P /1905-1942
Lytle II /2- 3" /P /1942-1945 /guns from Lytle

FORT DEARBORN /Frost Point/ 1928-1947/ state park/ KK

Seaman (#103)/ 2- 16"/ CBC /194?-1948
#204/ 2 -6"/ SBC/ 1944-194?/ Odiornes Pt.
AMTB 951/ 2- 90 mm/ F/ 1943-1946 /Pulpit Rock, one gun block dest.
Dearborn/ 4- 155 mm/ PM/ 1 mount covered

Salisbury Beach Military Reservation /K

unnamed/ 4- 155 mm/ PM/1 mount buried

The Harbor Defenses of Boston

East Point Military Reservation/ municipal park, Northeastern Univ. Marine Lab /KK

Murphy (#104)/ 2- 16"/ CBC/ 1944-1948
#206/ 2- 6"/ SBC/ 1943-1948
unnamed/ 2- 155 mm/ PM/ buried

FORT RUCKMAN/ Nahant/ municipal/ park/ K

Gardner/ 2- 12"/ BCLR/ 1924-1946/ casemated- WWII, partially buried

FORT BANKS/ Winthrop/ 1899/ municipal park/private/ K

Lincoln/ 8- 12"/ M /1896-1943/ magazines covered
Kellogg/ 8- 12"/ M/ 1896-1943/ magazines covered, 1 pit buried

FORT HEATH/ Grovers cliff/ private & municipal park /X

Winthrop/ 3- 12"/ DC/ 1901-1945/ destroyed
AMTB 945/ 2- 90 mm/ F /1943-1946 /buried

FORT DAWES/ Deer Island/ Massachusetts Water Resources Authority/ MD, MC/ X

#105/ 2- 16"/ CBC/ 1944/ NA (guns were on site)/ now destroyed
#207/ 2- 6"/ SBC/ 1944- /destroyed
Taylor /2- 3"/ P/ 1942-1944/ from Strong, destroyed
AMTB 944/ 2- 90 mm/ F /1943-1946/ destroyed

FORT WARREN/ Georges Island/ Metropolitan Dist Comm park/ MD, MC/ KKKK

Stevenson/ 2- 12"/ DC/ 1903-1945
Bartlett/ 4- 10"/ DC/ 1899-1942/ 1 emplacement destroyed
Adams/ 1- 10"/ DC/ 1899-1914
Plunkett/ 2- 4"/ P/ 1899-1925
Lowell/ 3- 3"/ MP/ 1900-1920

FORT STANDISH/ Lovells Island/ Metropolitan District Commission park/ KKK

Morris/ 2- 10"/ DC/ 1907-1942
Burbeck/ 2- 10"/ DC/ 1907-1942
Terrill/ 3- 6"/ DC/ 1902-1943/ erosion encroachment
Whipple/ 2- 6"/ P/ 1904-1947/ modified, WWII
Vincent/ 4- 3"/ MP/ 1904-1920 /#1 & #4 mod. to 3" AA- WWII, partially buried
Weir/ 2- 3"/ P/ 1906-1926 /destroyed
Williams/ 3- 3"/ P/ 1904-1946
AMTB 943/ 2- 90 mm/ F/ 1943-1946

FORT STRONG/ Long Island/ 1870 /city hospital/ MD, MC/ KKK

Hitchcock/ 3- 10"/ DC/ 1899-1939
Ward/ 2- 10"/ DC/1899-1939
Drum/ 2 -4.7"/ A /1899-1917
Smyth/ 2- 3"/ P/ 1906-1921/ guns to Basinger
Stevens/ 2- 3"/ P/ 1906-1946
Taylor/ 2- 3"/ P /1906-1942/ guns to Ft. Dawes, WWII
Basinger/ 2- 3"/ MP/ 1901-1947/ 2-3" P guns from Smyth after 1921

FORT ANDREWS/ Peddocks Island/ Metropolitan District Commission park/ KKKK

Cushing/ 8- 12"/ M/ 1904-1942
Whitman/ 8- 12"/ M/ 1904-1942/ 4 Mor. rem. 1910, repl with M1908
McCook/ 2- 6"/ P /1904-1947/ rebuilt WWII
Rice/ 2- 5"/ P/ 1904-1917/ CRF on #1
Bumpus/ 2 -3"/ P/ 1904-1946

FORT DUVALL/ Hog Island/ 1920-1944/ private (Renamed Spinnaker Is)/ K

Long/ 2- 16"/ BCLR/ 1927-1948/ casemated- WWII, built on

FORT REVERE/ Telegraph Hill, Hull Metropolitan District Commission/ private K

Ripley/ 2- 12"/ BC/ 1901-1943 /buried, built on
Field/ 2- 5"/ BP/ 1901-1917/ part. dest. and buried
Sanders/ 3- 6"/ DC/1906-1917/ two guns removed in 1917, third gun tactically part of Pope
Pope/3- 6"/ DC/ 1906-1943 / after 1918 battery was four guns
AMTB 941/ 2- 90 mm/ F/ 1943-1946/ dest./buried

Outer Brewster Island/ Massachuseltts Dept. Environmental Management/ KK

Jewell (#209)/ 2- 6"/ SBC/ 1943-1948

Great Brewster Island/ Massachuseltts Dept. Environmental Management/ KK

AMTB 942 /2 90 mm F 1943-1946

Fourth Cliff Military Reservation/ Scituate/ Air Force recreation area/ KKK

#106/ 2 -16"/ CBC/ NB/ no final location (Flowers Hill)
#208/ 2- 6"/ SBC/ 1944-1948/ Generators still in place

Sagamore Hill Military Reservation/ K

unnamed/ 2- 155 mm/ PM

The Harbor Defenses of New Bedford

FORT RODMAN/ Clarke Point/ 1840-(1947)/ waste water treatment plant/ city park /MD, MC/ KKK

Milliken/ 2- 12"/ BCLR/ 1924-1946/ casemated-WWII
Walcott/ 1- 8"/ DC/ 1899-1942
Barton/ 1- 8"/ DC/ 1899-1942
Cross/ 2- 5"/ P/ 1902-1920
Craig/ 2- 3"/ MP/ 1902-1920 /#1 mod. to 3-in AA, WW II
Gaston/ 2- 3"/ MP/ 1902-1920
unnamed/ 2- 155 mm/ PM

Mishaum Point Military Reservation / ?

#210 /2- 6"/ SBC/ 1945-1947/ private, built on
unnamed/ 2 -155 mm/ PM/ covered

Other locations ?

AMTB 931/ 2- 90 mm/ F/ 943-1946/ Barneys Joy Point
AMTB 932/ 2- 90 mm/ F /1943-1946/ Cuttyhunk Island
AMTB 933/ 2- 90 mm/ F/ 1943-1946/ Nashawena Island
AMTB 934/ 2- 90 mm/ F /1943-1946/ Butlers Point
unnamed/2- 155 mm/ PM/ Butlers Point

The Harbor Defenses of Narragansett Bay

FORT CHURCH/ Sakonnet Point (3 sections)/ private club/private/private KK

Gray (#107)/ 2 -16" /CBC/ 1942-1948/ West Res. partially buried, Sakonnet Golf Club
Reilly/ 2- 8"/ CBC/ 1942-1947 /East Res., buried
#212 /2-6"/ SBC/1943-1948/ South Res., Warren Point, private, built on
unnamed/ 2- 155 mm/ PM

FORT ADAMS/ Newport/ 1824/ state park, Navy housing/ MD, MC/ KKKK

Greene/ 8- 12"/ M/ 1898-1943/ renamed Gilmore WWII
Edgerton/ 8 -12"/ M /1898-1943
Reilly/ 2- 10"/ DC/ 1899-1917
unnamed/ 1- 8"/ Rod/ 1898-
Bankhead/ 3- 6"/ A/ 1907-1913
Talbot/ 2- 4.7"/ A/ 1899-1917/ one 4.7 gun is in Equality Park, Newport
Belton/ 2- 3"/ P/ 1907-1925

FORT WETHERILL/ Conanicut Is./ 1900-1945/ state park /MD, MC /KKKK

Varnum/ 2- 12"/ BC/ 1901-1943
Wheaton/ 2 -12" /DC/ 1908-1945
Walbach/ 3- 10"/ DC/ 1908-1942
Zook/ 3- 6"/ DC/ 1908-1918
Dickenson/ 2- 6"/ P/ 1908-1947/ modified WW II
Crittenden/ 2- 3"/ P/1908-1946
Cooke/ 2- 3"/ MP /1901-1920
AMTB 923/ 2- 90 mm/ F/ 194? NC/ modified old 3-in AA blocks

FORT GETTY/ Conanicut Island/ 1903 /Jamestown city park/ K

Tousard/ 3- 12"/ DC / 1910-1942/ partially buried
House/ 2- 6"/ P /1910-1942/ guns & carr. to Ft. Varnum, now mostly buried
Whiting/ 2- 3"/ P/ 1910-1942/ guns & carr. to Ft. Burnside
AMTB 922/ 2- 90 mm/ F /1943-1946/ #1 block buried

FORT BURNSIDE/ Beavertail/ 1940-1948/ state park/ KK

#110 / 2- 16"/ CBC/ NB
#213/ 2- 6"/ SBC/ 1943-1948
Whiting 2- 3"/ P/ 1942-1946

FORT GREBLE/ Dutch Island/ 1863/ state land/park/ MD, MC/ KKK

Sedgwick/ 8- 12"/ M/ 1901-1942
Hale/ 3- 10"/ DC/ 1898-1942
Mitchell/ 3- 6"/ P/ 1905-1917
Mitchell/ 1- 6"/ A/ 1898 NC/ destroyed. for new Mitchell, gun to Ft Adams
Ogden/ 2- 3"/ MP/ 1900-1920

FORT KEARNY/ Saunderstown/ 1904/ state university campus/ KK

French/ 4- 6"/ DC/ 1908-1917/ research facility built on middle of battery
Cram/ 2- 6"/ DC/ 1908-1943
Armistead/ 2- 3"/ P/ 1908-1942/ guns to Ft. Varnum, now built on

FORT VARNUM/ Boston Neck/ 1941/ National Guard/ KK
House/ 2-6"/ P/ 1942-1947/ guns from Ft. Getty
Armistead/ 2- 3"/ P/ 1942-1946/ guns from Ft. Kearny
AMTB 921/ 2- 90 mm/ F/ 1943-1946

FORT GREENE/ Point Judith (3 sections)/ 1941/ KK
Hamilton (#108)/ 2- 16"/ CBC/ 1943-1948/ East Res., National Guard/Reserve
#109/ 2 -16"/ CBC/ 1944 NA/ West Res., guns were on site, state park
#211/ 2- 6"/ SBC/ 1945-1948/ South Res., city park
unnamed/ 4- 155 mm/ PM/ mostly buried

Other locations ?

unnamed?/ 2 -4.7"/ A/ 1917-1919/ Sachuest Point?
AMTB 924/ 2- 90 mm/ F/ NB?
AMTB 923/ 2- 90 mm/ F /1943?/ Brenton Point, moved to Ft. Wetherill?
unnamed/ 4- 155 mm/ PM/ Brenton Point, 3 mounts destroyed

The Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound

FORT MANSFIELD/ Napatree Point, R.I./ 1900 / state park/ KK

#114/ 2- 16"/ CBC/ NB/ near Watch Hill, original site at Ft. Terry
Wooster/ 2- 8"/ DC/ 1901-1917
Crawford/ 2- 5"/ BP /1901-1917
Connell/ 2- 5"/ P/ 1901-1917/ mostly destroyed, in surf

other Connecticut sites X

AMTB 915/ 2- 90 mm/ F/ 1943-1946/ Pine Island, state land
AMTB 914/ 2- 90 mm/ F /1943-1946/ Goshen Point, covered, Harkness State Park
unnamed/ 4- 155 mm/ PM/ Oaks Inn Military Reservation

FORT H.G. WRIGHT/ Fishers Island/ 1899 /private/ MD, MC/ KKKK

Dynamite/ 1- 15"/ Pne/ Race Point
Clinton/ 8- 12"/ M/ 1902-1943/ partially buried
Butterfield/ 2- 12"/ DC/ 1901-1945/ partially. buried
Barlow/ 2- 10"/ DC/ 1901-193/ partially buried
Dutton/ 3- 6"/ DC/ 1901-1945/ partially buried
Hamilton/ 2- 6"/ DC/ 1905-1917
Marcy/ 2- 6"/ DC/ 1906-1917
#215/ 2- 6"/ SBC/ 1943-1946/ Race Point
Hoffman/ 2- 3"/ P/ 1906-1946
Hoppock/ 2- 3"/ P /1905-1946/ guns replaced once
AMTB 913/ 2- 90 mm/ F/ 1943-1946/ buried

Fishers Island (other sites)/ private/ KK

#111/ 2- 16"/ CBC/ 194?/ NA guns on site, Wilderness Pt. (Mt. Prospect)
#214/ 2 -6"/ SBC/ 194?/ NA Wilderness Point, built on
unnamed/ 4- 5"/ P + BP/ 1917-1919/ NB?, North Hill
New Hackleman/ 2- 3"/ P/ 1944-1946/ North Hill, from Constitution
AMTB 916/ 2- 90 mm/ F/ NB?/ East Point

FORT MICHIE/ Great Gull Island/ 1896-1948/ bird sanctuary/ MC/ KKK

J.M.K. Davis/ 1- 16" DC 1923-1945 ARF
Palmer/ 2- 12"/ DC/ 1900-1945
North/ 2- 10"/ DC/ 1900-1918 destroyed for Davis
Benjamin/ 2- 6"/ P/ 1908-1947
Maitland/ 2- 6"/ P/ 1908-1947
Pasco/ 2- 3"/ P/ 1905-1934
AMTB 912/ 2- 90mm/ F/ 1943-1946

FORT TERRY/ Plum Island/ USDA Animal Disease Lab/ MD, MC/ KKKK

Stoneman/ 8- 12"/ M/ 1901-1943
Steele/ 2 -10"/ DC/ 1900-1942
Bradford/ 2 -6"/ DC/ 1901-1944
Floyd/ 2- 6"/ DC/ 1906-1917
Dimick/ 2- 6"/ DC/ 1905-1917
#217/ 2- 6"/ SBC/ 194? NC
Kelly/ 1- 5"/ P /1900-1917/ partially buried
&/ 1- 4.7"/ A/ later replaced by 5" P
Hagner/ 2- 3"/ P/ 1906-1932 /mostly destroyed
Eldridge/ 2- 3"/ P/ 1906-1946
Dalliba/ 2- 3"/ P/ 1905-1946
Greble/ 2- 3"/ P/ 1905-1932
Campbell/ 2- 3"/ P/ 1905-1934/ partially destroyed
AMTB 911/ 2- 90 mm/ F/ 1943-1946 /Plum Island
unnamed/ 4- 155 mm/ PM

FORT TYLER/ Gardiner's Point Island/ former Navy target range/ K