Template:FtCaswellBatterySwift
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| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8" Rifle | 278.5" | M1888MI | 34 | Watervliet | Disappearing, M1896, #12, Pond |
1898-1917 | See note 1 | |
| 2 | 8" Rifle | 278.5" | M1888MI | 25 | Watervliet | Disappearing, M1894, #8, Watertown |
1898-1917 | See note 1 | |
| 3 | 8" Rifle | 278.5" | M1888MI | 27 | Watervliet | Disappearing, M1894, #7, Watertown |
1898-1917 | See note 1 | |
| 4 | 8" Rifle | 278.5" | M1888MI | 28 | Watervliet | Disappearing, M1894, #6, Watertown |
1898-1917 | See note 1 | |
| 1 | 5" Rifle | 225" | M1897 | 16 | Bethlehem | Balance Pillar, M1896, #1, Watertown |
1903-1905 | See note 2 | |
| Source: RCW Form 1, 1 Nov 1919, RCB, 10 Oct 1903, CDSG, Berhow, Mark A. ed, American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide, 2nd Edition, CDSG Press, McLean, VA, 2004, ISBN 0-9748167-0-1, pages 108-111, 210 Note 1: Guns transferred to Watervliet 21 Dec 1917. Carriages were ordered scrapped in may 1918. CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA Note 2: Renamed Battery McDonough (1) 1903, Gun & carriage removed to Battery Shipp 1905 | |||||||||
