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| [[Category:Oregon Forts]]
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| [[Image:Fort Stevens.gif|left|]][[Image:Fort Stevens Map.gif|right|]]
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| '''Fort Stevens (1865-1947)''' - Named for General Isaac Stevens a Governor of the Washington Territory. Situated at the mouth of the Columbia River and located nine miles from Astoria. The fort was built under supervision of the United States Engineers starting in 1863, and was first occupied by a company of the [[Eighth California Volunteers]], 25 April 1865. The garrison was withdrawn in 1882 and the post placed in the charge of an ordinance sergeant. In 1897 Fort Stevens underwent a massive refortification program to improve costal defense that resulted in the construction of 8 concrete batteries around the original site.
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| Fort Stevens was further modified during World War II and had the distinction of being the only stateside installation attacked by enemy forces since the war of 1812 when a Japanese submarine I25 fired shells close to the fort. After the war Fort Stevens was deactivated and by 1947 all the armement had been removed.
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| Source: [[Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads]]
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| * [http://www.visitftstevens.com/history.htm Fort Stevens State Park]
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