LIST OF AMERICAN MILITARY RESERVATIONS AND CONCRETE GUN BATTERIES

U.S. South Atlantic Coast

 
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Temporary Harbor Defenses of Beaufort, NC /?

Unnamed/ 2-6"/ NP/ 1942-1945/ near Fort Macon, buried
Lookout/ 2-5"/ NP/ 1942-1945/ Cape Lookout ­in surf


The Harbor Defenses of Cape Fear River

FORT CASWELL /Oak Island/ (-1928?)/ church camp/ MD, MC/ KKKKK
Bagley/ 8-12"/ M/ 1903-1925/ 1 gun replaced 1912
Caswell/ 2-12"/ BC/ 1899-1925/ modified for swimming pool
Swift/ 4-8"/ DC/ 1898-1920/ 2 guns removed 1917
New Madison/ 2-6"/ DC/ 1905-1917
McDonough/ 1-5"/ BP/ 1902-1905/ guns to Shipp
Shipp/ 2-5"/ BP/ 1901-1919/ originally 1 emplacement
Madison/ 1-4.7"/ A/ 1899-1904/ gun to Screven
McKavett/ 2-3"/ MP/ 1903-1920
New McDonough/ 2/-3"/ P/ 1904-1925


The Harbor Defenses of Charleston

Marshall Military Reservation/ Sullivan's Island/ (-1947) /private /KK
#520/ 2-12"/ CBC/ 1944-1947/ guns from Kimble, Travis, modified
unnamed/ 4-155 mm/ PM/

FORT MOULTRIE/ Sullivan's Island/ 1776-(1947)/ Fort Sumter N.H.M. , private/ MD, MC/KKKK
#125/ 2-16"/ CBC/ NB/ James Island
Capron/ 8-12"/ M/ 1898-1942
Butler/ 8-12"/M/1898-1942
Jasper/ 4-10"/ DC/ 1898-1942/
Thomson/ 2-10"/ DC/ 1906-1945/ used by Fire Department
Gadsen/ 4-6"/ DC/ 1906-1917/ magazine area used as library
Logan/ 2-6"/ DC, A/ 1906-1944/ 1 gun removed 1904
#230/ 2-6"/ SBC/ 1943 / NA
Bingham/ 2-4.7"/ A/ 1899-1918/ 1 gun replaced 1980 Still Emplaced
McCorkle/ 2-3"/ MP/1899-1943/ 1 gun replaced 1980 Still Emplaced
Lord/ 2-3"/ P/ 1899-1946/ destroyedAMTB #2/ 2-90 mm/ F/ 1943-1946/ on Jasper's parapet

FORT SUMTER / artifical island/ 1842-(1947)/ Fort Sumpter Natl Hist Mon /KK
Huger/1/12"/DC/1906-1943/built over
&/1/12"/BC/1906-1943
AMTB #1/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/covered


The Harbor Defenses of Port Royal Sound

FORT FREMONT /St. Helena (now Oak?) Island / (-1928) / private/KK
Jesup/3/10"/DC/1899-1914
Fornance/2/4.7"/A/1899-1913/built on

Ft. Welles /Hilton Head Island / ?
Dynamite/2/15"/Pne/1897 NA/partially destroyed
unnamed/2/ 8"/Rod/1898/partially destroyed


The Harbor Defenses of Savannah

FORT SCREVEN / Tybee Island /1897-(1928) /private /MD, MC /KKK
Habersham/8/12"/M/1900-1928/
Garland/1/12"/BC/1899-1920/now a museum
Fenwick/1/12"/BC/1898-1920/built on
Brumby/4/ 8"/DC/1899-1917/built on (#3 intact)
Backus/1/ 6"/A/1899-1920/later rearmed with 4.7-in
&/2/4.7"/A/1899-1920/built on
Gantt/2/ 3"/MP/1904-1920

Fort Pulaski / Cockspur Is. / National Historic Monument /KK
unnamed/1/ 8"/Rod/1898-1899/buried
Hambright/2/ 3"/MP/1903 NA/

Other location / ?
unnamed/2/4.7"/A/1898-1899/Wassaw Island, guns to Screven, part. dest.

The Harbor Defenses of Jacksonville / KK
unnamed/ 2-8"/ Rod/ 1898-1899/ St. John's Bluff
unnamed/ 2-3.2"/Field Mount/ 1917-1919/ Mayport
unnamed/ 4-155mm/ PM/ 1942-1944/ Mayport

St. Mary's River / ?
unnamed/ 1-8"/ Rod/ 1898-1900/ Fort Clinch

Temporary Harbor Defenses of Fort Lauderdale / ?
unnamed/ 4-155mm/ PM/ 1942-1944

Temporary Harbor Defenses of Miami Beach / ?
unnamed/ 4-155mm/ PM/ 1942-1944


 
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