Template:FtSanJacintoBatteryMercer
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| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 13 | Bethlehem | Mortar, M1896MI, #75, Robert Poole | 1898-1918 | See note 1 | |
| A2 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 16 | Bethlehem | Mortar, M1896MI, #74, Robert Poole | 1898-1922 | See note 2 | |
| A3 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 8 | Bethlehem | Mortar, M1896MI, #71, Robert Poole | 1898-1918 | See note 1 | |
| A4 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 19 | Bethlehem | Mortar, M1896MI, #70, Robert Poole | 1898-1922 | See note 2 | |
| B1 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 9 | Bethlehem | Mortar, M1896MI, #82, Robert Poole | 1898-1918 | See note 1 | |
| B2 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 15 | Bethlehem | Mortar, M1896MI, #35, Robert Poole | 1898-1922 | See note 2 | |
| B3 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 11 | Bethlehem | Mortar, M1896MI, #88, Robert Poole | 1898-1918 | See note 1 | |
| B4 | 12" Mortar | 141.125" | M1890MI | 14 | Bethlehem | Mortar, M1896MI, #81, Robert Poole | 1898-1922 | See note 2 | |
| Source: RCW Form 1, Aug 1925, Coast Defense Study Group, Berhow, Mark A. ed, American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide, 2nd Edition, CDSG Press, McLean, VA, 2004, ISBN 0-9748167-0-1, pages 140-141, 213 Note 1: Carriages transferred 1897 to Fort San Jacinto. Mortars and carriages scrapped 24 Jan 1943. CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA Note 2: Mortar tubes transferred to Fort Crockett Battery Izard 10 Apr 1922. Carriages transferred 1897 to Fort San Jacinto, scrapped 26 May 1920. CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA | |||||||||
