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| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Rodney (1910) | |||||||||
| A1 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 30 | Bethlehem | Mortar, M1896, #84, Robert Poole | 1900-1941 | See note 1 | |
| A2 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 27 | Bethlehem | Mortar, M1896, #83, Robert Poole | 1900-1918 | See note 2 | |
| A3 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 13 | Watervliet | Mortar, M1896, #58, Southwark | 1900-1941 | See note 1 | |
| A4 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 9 | Builders | Mortar, M1896, #56, Robert Poole | 1900-1918 | See note 2 | |
| B1 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 10 | Builders | Mortar, M1896, #88, Robert Poole | 1900-1941 | See note 1 | |
| B2 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 3 | Builders | Mortar, M1896, #76, Robert Poole | 1900-1918 | See note 2 | |
| B3 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 6 | Builders | Mortar, M1896, #89, Robert Poole | 1900-1941 | See note 1 | |
| B4 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 4 | Builders | Mortar, M1896, #87, Robert Poole | 1900-1918 | See note 2 | |
| Battery Best (1910) | |||||||||
| C1 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 96 | Watervliet | Mortar, M1896, #59, Southwark | 1900-1941 | See note 1 | |
| C2 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 92 | Watervliet | Mortar, M1896, #103, Providence | 1900-1914 | See note 3 | |
| C3 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 94 | Watervliet | Mortar, M1896, #90, Robert Poole | 1900-1941 | See note 1 | |
| C4 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 98 | Watervliet | Mortar, M1896, #107, Providence | 1900-1914 | See note 3 | |
| D1 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 118 | Watervliet | Mortar, M1896, #108, Providence | 1900-1941 | See note 1 | |
| D2 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 119 | Watervliet | Mortar, M1896, #118, American Hoist | 1900-1914 | See note 3 | |
| D3 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 75 | Watervliet | Mortar, M1896, #105, Providence | 1900-1941 | See note 1 | |
| D4 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 62 | Watervliet | Mortar, M1896, #106, Providence | 1900-1914 | See note 3 | |
| Source: RCW Form 1, 1 Sep 1922, RCB, 31 Dec 1903, 31 Dec 1910, CDSG, Berhow, Mark A. ed, American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide, 2nd Edition, CDSG Press, McLean, VA, 2004, ISBN 0-9748167-0-1, pages 140-143, 208 Note 1: Carriages ordered scrapped 4 Nov 1942, guns ordered scrapped 13 Apr 1943. CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA Note 2: Shipped to Fort Rosecrans 1918. CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA Note 3: Shipped to Fort Ruger in Hawaii 1914. CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA | |||||||||
