LIST OF AMERICAN MILITARY RESERVATIONS AND CONCRETE GUN BATTERIES

Panama Canal Zone

 

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The Harbor Defenses of Cristobal, Panama (Panama Canal Zone, Atlantic side )

FORT RANDOLPH /Margarita Island /1911 to Panama, 1979; commercial development /KK
Webb/2/14"/DC/1912-1948
#1/2/14"/RY/1928-1948/ 2 guns for Panama, 4 empl. (#1 & #8) 1 empl. destroyed
Tidball/4/12"/M/1912-1943
Zalinski/4/12"/M/1912-1943
Weed/2/ 6"/DC/1912-1946
X(4A)/4/155 mm/PM/1940
2C/4/155 mm/PM
5A/4/155 mm/PM

FORT DeLESSEPS /Colon / 1911 /to Panama, 1950s /KK
Morgan/2/ 6"/P /1913-1944/modified casemate mounts M1910
AMTB #3b/4/90 mm/F/1943-1948/Cristobal mole, built over

FORT SHERMAN / Toro Point / 1911 / MD, MC /to Panama 1999/KK
#151/2/16"/CBC/NB
Mower/1/14"/DC/1912-1948
Stanley/1/14"/DC/1912-1948
Howard/4/12"/M/1912-1943
Baird/4/12"/M/1912-1943
Pratt/2/12"/BCLR/1924-1948/Iglesia Pt., casemated-WWII
MacKenzie/2/12"/BCLR/1924-1948/Iglesia Pt., not rebuilt
Kilpatrick/2/ 6"/DC/1913-1946
W/4/155 mm/PM/1940

Other sites / ?
U/4/155 mm/PM/1918/Tortuguilla Point
V/4/155 mm/PM/1940/Naranjitos Point
Y/4/155 mm/PM/1940/Palma Media Island
Z(1A)/4/155 mm/PM/1940/Galetta Is.
1B/4/155 mm/PM//Galetta Is.


The Harbor Defenses of Balboa, Panama (Panama Canal Zone, Pacific Side)

FORT KOBBE (ex-Ft. Bruja)/ Bruja Point /Howard AFB to Panama 1999/ KK
Murray/2/16" /BCLRN/1926-1948/Bruja Pt., casemated-WWII
Haan/2/16" /BCLRN/1926-1948/Batele Pt., not casemated, empl. buried
AMTB #6/4/90 mm/F/1943-1948
Z (3A)

FORT AMADOR / Balboa / to Panama, 1997; commercial development /K
Birney/2/ 6"/DC/1913-1943/buried
Smith/2/ 6"/DC/1913-1943/buried

FORT GRANT /Balboa /to Panama, 1979 private development /MD, MC /KK
Newton/1/16"/DC/1914-1943/Perico Is., filled to loading platform level
Buell/2/14"/DC/1912-1948/Naos Is.
Burnside/2/14"/DC/1912-1948/Naos Is./
Warren/2/14"/DC/1912-1948/Flaminco Is., empls. filled to parapit edge
Prince/4/12"/M/1912-1943/Flaminco Is.
Merritt/4/12"/M/1912-1943/Flaminco Is.
Carr/4/12"/M/1912-1943/Flaminco Is.
Parke/2/ 6"/DC/1912-1948/Naos Is.
#8/2/14"/RY/1928-1948/Culebra Is., empl (see #1, Randolph), covered
T/2/155 mm/PM//Flamenco Is.
U (10A)/2/155 mm/PM//Flamenco Is.
V(10B)/2/155 mm/PM//Culebra Is.

Other sites /?
W (1B)/4/155 mm/PM//Taboquilla Is.
2B/2/155 mm/PM//Taboquilla Is.
unnamed/4/155 mm/PM//Paitilla Pt.
X/2/155 m/PM//Urara Is.
Y (1A)/4/155 mm/PM//Taboga Is.



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