The Harbor Defenses of the Pacific

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The Harbor Defenses of San Diego

FORT EMORY /Coronado Heights /Former Navy radio facility, currently used for training / KK #134/2/16"/CBC/1944 NC /unofficially named Gatchell Grant (#239)/2/ 6"/SBC/1943-1946/ Imperial/4/155 mm/PM
AMTB Cortez/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/Coronodo Beach MR, Silver Strand, destroyed

FORT PIO PICO /North Island /1906-1919 (to Navy 1935)/ Naval Air Station/X Meed/2/ 3"/P/1902-1919/guns to Rosecrans, destroyed
Pio Pico/2/90 mm/F/1942-1943/guns later moved to AMTB Fetterman

FORT ROSECRANS /Point Loma /1899-1958/ Navy Base, Natl. Cem. Cabrillo N.M. /MD, MC /KKKK
Ashburn (#126)/2/16"/CBC/1943-1948/modified
Whistler/4/12"/M/1916-1942/guns from DeSoto, extensively modified
White/4/12"/M/1916-1942/
Wilkeson/2/10"/DC/1900-1943/
Calef/2/10"/DC/1900-1943
Strong/2/ 8"/BCLRN/1941-1946
#237/2/ 6"/SBC/1943-1946 /unofficially named Woodward
Humphreys (#238)/2/ 6"/SBC/1943-1946/
Zeilin/2/ 7"/NP/1937-1943 / buried
Gillespie/3/ 5"/NP/1937-1943/empl. 1 destroyed, 2 & 3 overgrown
McGrath/2/ 5"/BP/1900-1943/repl. by 2-3" guns from Pio Pico, 1919
Fetterman/2/ 3"/MP/1900-1917/destroyed July 1940
AMTB Fetterman/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/destroyed
AMTB Cabrillo/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/destroyed
Point Loma/4/155 mm/PM//

The Harbor Defenses of Los Angeles

Bolsa Chica Military Reservation /north of Huntington Beach /private, state reserve /K
#128/2-16"/CBC/1944 NC /destroyed
Harrison (#242) /2- 6"/SBC/1944-1948/destroyed
unnamed/2-155 mm/PM/1942/

FORT MacARTHUR (Upper & Lower ) /San Pedro/ 1885-1975/ Air Force housing, city park /(M)/ KKKK
Osgood/1/14"/DC/1917-1944 / gun remodeled 1923, battery being restored
Farley/1/14"/DC/1917-1944
Leary/1/14"/DC/1917-1944/converted to HECP, 1944
Merriam/1/14"/DC/1917-1944/converted to HECP, 1944
"Erwin"/2/14"/RY/1926-1946/1 empl. L.R. (covered), 2 empl. L.R. (dest)
Barlow/4/12"/M/1917-1944
Saxton/4/12"/M/1917-1944
#241/2/ 6"/SBC/1948-1956/armed post-war, Generators still in place
JAAN #1/2/ 3"/P/1942-1946/L. R. (Cabrillo Beach), guns from Lodor
AMTB Gaffey Bulge/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946
AMTB Navy Field/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/L. R., buried?
unnamed/2/155 mm/PM/1942

White Point Military Reservation /San Pedro /Air Force housing, city property /KK
Bunker (#127)/2/16"/CBC/1944-1948/

Long Point Military Reservation /Pt. Vicente (Rancho Palos Verdes) city park /KK
Barnes (#240) /2/ 6"/SBC/1944-195?/Pt. Vicente
unnamed/2/155 mm/PM/1942/Long Point, dest.

Other locations
"Eubanks"/2/ 8"/RY/1942-1945/Manhattan Beach, destroyed
Lodor/4/ 3"/P/1919-1927/Deadman's Island, destroyed
JAAN #2/2/ 3"/P/1942-1946/Bluff Park, Long Beach, guns from Lodor
AMTB Terminal Is./2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/Terminal Island, covered
AMTB Bluff Park/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/Bluff Park, Long Beach, buried?
unnamed/3/155 mm/PM/1942/Costa Mesa (only two guns assigned), dest
unnamed/3/155 mm/PM/1942/Rocky Point (only two guns assigned), dest
unnamed/2/155 mm/PM/1942/El Segundo/Hyperion, orig 2 6-in NP, dest.
unnamed/2/155 mm/PM/1942/Playa Del Rey, destoyed
unnamed/2/155 mm/PM/1942/Pacific Palisades, destroyed
unnamed/2/155 mm/PM/1942/Port Hueneme, buried/destroyed
unnamed/2/155 mm/PM/1942/Oxnard, destroyed
unnamed/2/155 mm/PM/1942/Ventura, in surf 1992
unnamed/2/155 mm/PM/1942/Santa Barbara, destroyed/

The Harbor Defenses of San Francisco

Milagra Ridge Military Reservation/ Pacifica /Golden Gate National Recreation Area/KK
#130/2/16"/CBC/NB
#244/2/ 6"/SBC/1948-1950 /armed post war, guns from Ft. Columbia

FORT FUNSTON /Lake Merced /1917-1975/ Golden Gate National Recreation Area/KK
Davis/2/16"/CBC/1939-1948/prototype
Howe/4/12"/M/1919-1945/guns from Ft. W. Scott, destroyed
Bruff/2/ 5"/P/1919-1919/guns from Ft. W. Scott, destroyed
unnamed/4/155 mm/PM/1930s/destroyed by erosion
unnamed/4/155 mm/PM/1942/buried

FORT MILEY /Lands End /1900-1948 /VA Hospital, Golden Gate NRA /KK
Livingston/8/12"/M/1900-1943
Springer/8/12"/M/1900-1943
Chester/2/12"/DC/1898-1943/2 guns replaced 1920s
&/1/12"/BC/1898-1943
Lobos/2/ 6"/NP/1943-1945/Navy guns
#243/2/ 6"/SBC/1948-1949/
Call/2/ 5"/P/1915-1921/guns from Ft. McDowell, destroyed
AMTB Lands End/2/90 mm/F/1943-1948

FORT WINFIELD SCOTT/ Presidio/ (1852) 1885-1995/ Golden Gate NRA/ MD, MC /KKKKK
Dynamite/3/15"/Pn/1894-1904/converted to HECP, WWII
Lancaster/3/12"/DC/1899-1918/partially buried for bridge
Godfrey/3/12"/BC/1895-1943
Saffold/2/12"/BC/1898-1943
Howe/8/12"/M/1895-1920/1 empl. remains, others buried
Wagner/8/12"/M/1895-1920/buried
Stotsenburg/8/12"/M/1900-1943/4 guns removed 1918 to Ft. Funston
McKinnon/8/12"/M/1900-1943/
Cranston/2/10"/DC/1898-1943/built on
Miller/3/10"/DC/1898-1920
East/2/ 8"/BC/1897-1915/converted Rodman rifles
Slaughter/3/ 8"/DC/1899-1917/partially buried
Crosby/2/ 6"/DC/1902-1943
Chamberlin/4/ 6"/DC/1904-1918/1-6" DC installed by NPS 1976 SE, battery being restored
Chamberlin/2/ 6"/Ped./1920-1949/in modified DC emplacement
Boutelle/3/ 5"/BP/1898-1918
Sherwood/2/ 5"/P/1900-1917/guns to Ft. Funston
Baldwin/2/ 3"/MP/1901-1920/partially buried
Blaney /4/ 3"/MP/1907-1920
Point/2/ 3"/P/1944-1945 /guns from Yates, Ft. Baker
Gate/2/ 3"/P/1942-1945/guns from Gravelly Beach, Ft. Baker
AMTB Baker [Beach]/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/buried?

FORT MASON /Black Point /1852-1975 /Golden Gate NRA/ MD, MC /KKKKK
Spanish War /2/ 8"/BC/1898-1910/converted Rodman rifles
Burnham/1/ 8"/DC/1900-1909/gun & carr to Ft. Columbia, built on

Alcatraz Island /1852-WW II /Golden Gate National Rec. Area /MD _
unnamed/2/ 8"/Rod/1900-1906/converted Rodman rifles

FORT McDOWELL /Angel Island /1852-(1928)1947 /state park /MC /KKKKK
Knox Point/2/ 8"/Rod/1898-1900/converted Rodman rifles
Drew/1/ 8"/BC/1898-1915
Wallace/1/ 8"/DC/1901-1915
Ledyard/2/ 5"/P/1901-1915/guns to Miley
AMTB/2/90 mm/F/NB?

FORT BAKER / Lime Point / 1867-1998/ Golden Gate NRA / MD/ KKKKK
Spencer/3/12"/BC/1893-1943/1 gun removed 1918
Kirby/2/12"/DC/1900-1941/1 gun replaced 1933
Cavello/3/ 8"/Rod/1900-1910/converted Rodman rifles
Duncan/2/ 8"/BC/1898-1917
Wagner/2/ 5"/BP/1901-1917
Yates/6/ 3"/P/1904-1943/4 guns removed 1941
Gravelly Beach/2/ 3"/P/1942-1943/guns from Yates, buried
AMTB Gravelly Bch. /2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/partially buried

FORT BARRY /Point Bonita / 1905-1975 /Golden Gate NRA /MC/KKKKK
#129/2/16"/CBC/1943 NC /guns were at emplacement
Alexander/8/12"/M/1901-1943
Mendell/2/12"/DC/1901-1943
Wallace/2/12"/BCLR/1919-1948/casemated WWII
Guthrie/2/ 6"/P/1905-1946
Smith/2/ 6"/P/1905-1946
Rathbone/2/ 6"/P/1905-1946
McIndoe/2/ 6"/P/1905-1946
O'Rorke/4/ 3"/P/1905-1945

FORT CRONKHITE /Tennessee Point /1937-1975 Golden Gate NRA /KKKKK
Townsley/2/16"/CBC/1940-1948
unnamed/2/ 3"/P/1940s/training battery

Other locations
unnamed/2/155 mm/PM//Drake's Bay
(also Half Moon Bay and Moro Bay???)

The Harbor Defenses of the Columbia

FORT STEVENS /Point Adams /1852-(1947) /state park, private /MD, MC /KKKK
Clark/8/12"/M/1899-1942/4 guns to Canby 1918
Mishler/2/10"/DC/1897-1941/ARF, covered for HECP 1941
Lewis/2/10"/DC/1897-1920
Walker/2/10"/DC/1897-1920
Russell/2/10"/DC/1904-1944
Pratt/2/ 6"/DC/1902-1943 / battery being restored with full scale replica of 6 inch gun
Freeman/2/ 6"/P/1902-1920/6" guns to Willapa Bay, empl. destroyed
&/1/ 3"/MP/1902-1920
#245/2/ 6"/SBC/1944-1947 /2-5" naval mounts in empl. as displ 1981
Smur/2/ 3"/MP/1902-1920
AMTB #6/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/Clatsop Spit

FORT COLUMBIA /Chinook Point /1864-(1947)/state park /MC /KKKKK
Ord/2/ 8"/DC/1898-1917/
&/1/ 8"/DC /1898-1917/Originally named Neary, now buried
Murphy/2/ 6"/DC/1900-1945
#246/2/ 6"/SBC/194? NA /2 guns repl. 1994 from Ft. McAndrew SE
Crenshaw/3/ 3"/MP/1900-1920

FORT CANBY /Cape Disappointment /1852-(1947) / state park, USCG /KK
Guenther/4/12"/M/1921-1942/guns from Stevens
Allen/3/ 6"/DC/1906-1945/3 guns removed 1917, 2 guns replaced 1918
O'Flyng/2/ 6"/DC/1906-1918/guns to Allen
#247/2/ 6"/SBC/1944-1947
AMTB #2/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/Jetty

The Harbor Defenses of Grays Harbor (temporary)

North Cove, Shoalwater Indian Reservation (Willapa Bay) /K
unnamed/4/12"/M/1919-1919
unnamed/2/ 6"/P/1919-1932/guns from Ft. Stevens, later moved to Ft. Worden, covered
unnamed/2/155 mm/PM//one remains

Westport , private /K
unnamed/4/12"/M/1919/covered
#1/4/12"/RM/1942/at Pt. Brown
#2/2/ 6"/NP/1942-1944/one empl remains
unnamed/4/ 6"/NP/1942-/at Point Brown, one empl. remains
unnamed/2/ 5"/BP/1919-1919/guns from Lee, Ft. Flagler, one empl. remains
North/2/155 mm/PM/1942/ destroyed
South/2/155 mm/PM/1942/ on school property, extant

The Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound

FORT WARD /Bean Point / 1903-(1928)1938 / private, state park /MD, MC /KKK
Nash/3/ 8"/DC/1903-1918/private
Warner/2/ 5"/P/1903-1925/private
Thornburgh/4/ 3"/MP/1903-1920
Vinton/2/ 3"/MP/1903-1920 / lower rooms filled in

Middle Point Military Reservation /state park /MD, MC /KK
Mitchell/2/ 3"/MP/ 190? NA /across channel from Ft. Ward

FORT WHITMAN /Goat Island /1909-(1947) /state game refuge / MC /KK
Harrison/4/ 6"/DC/1911-1943/

FORT FLAGLER /Marrowstone Island /1898-1954 /state park KKKK
Bankhead/8/12"/M/1902-1942/
Wilhelm/2/12"/AGL/1898-1942////
Rawlins/2/10"/BC/1899-1918
Revere/2/10"/BC/1899-1941/guns to Canada, empl. mod. for 3-in AA
Calwell/4/ 6"/DC/1904-1918
Grattan/2/ 6"/DC/1905-1918
Lee/2/ 5"/BP/1901-1918/guns to Grays Harbor
Downes/2/ 3"/P/1905-1946
Wansboro/2/ 3"/P/1906-1946/2 guns repl. 1960 from Ft. Wint Still Emplaced
AMTB Marrowstone /2/90 mm/F/1943-1946

FORT CASEY / Admiralty Head / 1897-1953 / state park, college extention campus /KKKK
Schenck/8/12"/M/1899-1942/no mortars removed
Seymour/8/12"/M/1899-1942 /mortars held in reserve for temp. batteries
Kingsbury/2/10"/DC/1902-1942/1 empl. mod. for 3-in AA
Moore/3/10"/DC/1904-1942/1 empl. mod. for 3-in AA
Worth/2/10"/DC/1898-1942/ 2 guns repl 1963 from Ft. Wint Still Emplaced, battery being restored
Parker/2/ 6"/DC/1905-1918
Valleau/4/ 6"/DC/1907-1918
Turman/2/ 5"/BP/1901-1918
Trevor/2/ 3"/P/1905-1933/ 2 guns repl 1960 Still Emplaced
Van Horne/2/ 3"/P/1905-1945

FORT WORDEN /Point Wilson /1898-1954 /state park /MD? /KKKKK
Brannon/8/12"/M/1901-1943/
Powell/8/12"/M/1901-1943/
Ash/2/12"/BC/1900-1942
Kinzie/2/12"/DC/1910-1944
Benson/2/10"/DC/1907-1943
Quarles/3/10"/BC/1900-1941/
Randol/2/10"/BC/1900-1918
Stoddard/4/ 6"/DC/1906-1918
Tolles/4/ 6"/DC/1905-1943/2 guns rem '18
"Tolles B"// //1937-1946/ 2-6" P from Willapa Bay
Vicars/2/ 5"/BP/1902-1918
Putnam/2/ 3"/P/1907-1945
Walker/2/ 3"/P/1907-1946
AMTB Pt. Wilson/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/In surf

Ebey's Landing / private /X
AMTB Ebey's Lndg/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/buried

FORT EBEY /Partridge Point /state park /KK
#248/2/ 6"/SBC/1943-1946

Deception Pass / state park /X
North & South/4/ 3"/P/NB

Cape George /private? / X
unnamed/4/12"/RM/ 193? NA
unnamed/4/ 8"/RY//NB?

Angeles Point / private/ K?
unnamed/4/155 mm/PM/1942