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Fort Worden (1897-1953) - Established as an Endicott Period coastal defense fort named in G.O. 43, 4 Apr 1900, after Rear Admiral John L. Worden, U.S. Navy, who was in command of the original "Monitor" in its engagement with the Confederate ram "Merrimac," Hampton Roads, Virginia, 8 and 9 March 1862, during the U.S. Civil War. Construction began in 1897 and the fort was closed in 1953.

Fort Worden, 1923 (University of Washington Archive)	Fort Worden, Battery Benson #2 Gun Firing, 1915 (University of Washington Archive)
Fort Worden 2009 from the Artillery Hill Viewpoint

Part of the Harbor Defense of Puget Sound. Fort Worden, Fort Flagler, and Fort Casey (1), once guarded the entrance to Puget Sound. These posts, established in the late 1890s, became the first line of a fortification system designed to prevent a hostile fleet from reaching the Bremerton Naval Yard and the cities of Seattle, Tacoma, and Everett. The property was purchased as a state park in 1955.

Endicott Period (1890-1910)

Fort Worden sits on the tip of the Quimper Peninsula adjacent to the town of Port Townsend and is bounded by the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Admiralty Inlet of Puget Sound. The site itself has a 250' hill in the center of the post surrounded by a steep bluff. This hill is now called "Artillery Hill" and it houses eight large caliber gun batteries at the top. At the base of the bluff, Wilson Point juts out into both the Straight of Juan de Fuca and Admiralty Inlet with enough room for two additional sea-level gun batteries. Two additional gun batteries are located at the eastern edge of the fort facing Admiralty Inlet.

The land for the fort was private property and was obtained by condemnation proceedings. Construction of the fortifications was under the supervision of the Army Corps of Engineers and it took 200 men three years (1897-1901) to complete the first six batteries and another year to get them all armed and operational. It was not until 3 May 1902 when the first detachment of 126th Coastal Artillery Company arrived that Fort Worden was first garrisoned. Captain McClosky and his 87 troop detachment were quartered in tents pending the completion of their barracks.

The initial armaments consisted of six Endicott Period gun batteries: Battery Ash, Battery Powell (1), Battery Brannan, Battery Quarles, Battery Randol on Artillery Hill, and Battery Vicars on Point Wilson. Construction on all six of these batteries began in 1898-99 and they were all accepted for service on the same day, 16 Jun 1902, a little more than a month after the fort was garrisoned.

In the summer of 1903 four additional batteries were started: Battery Tolles and Battery Walker on Artillery Hill; Battery Stoddard and Battery Putnam at the eastern edge of the Fort. These batteries were all accepted for service on 21 May 1907.

On 4 Sep 1904, the headquarters of the Harbor Defense Command of Puget Sound was transferred from Fort Flagler to Fort Worden along with the 6th Artillery Band. By the fall of 1905, Fort Worden was fully staffed with four Coast Artillery companies, and the harbor defense system, costing approximately $7.5 million, was considered complete and operational.

Between 1908 and 1912, two additional gun batteries were accepted for service: Battery Benson (24 Apr 1908) on Artillery Hill and Battery Kinzie (10 Jan 1912) on Point Wilson. When completed, Fort Worden had 41 artillery pieces, completing its part of the "Triangle of Fire": two 12-inch disappearing guns, two 12-inch Barbette guns, two 10-inch disappearing guns, five 10-inch Barbette guns, eight 6-inch disappearing guns, two 5-inch pedestal guns, four 3-inch pedestal guns, and sixteen 12-inch mortars.

**Fort Worden Endicott Period Battery** (edit list)
Battery Click on Battery links below	No.	Caliber	Type Mount	Service Years	Battery Cost	Notes
Battery Brannan	4 4	12" 12"	Mortar Mortar	1899-1901-1902-1944 1899-1901-1902-1918	$ 81,051	Scrapped 1944 Shipped to Morgan 1918
Battery Powell (1)	4 4	12" 12"	Mortar Mortar	1899-1901-1902-1942 1899-1901-1902-1918	$ 81,051	Scrapped 1942 Shipped to Morgan 1918
Battery Kinzie	2	12"	Disappearing	1908-1910-1912-1944	$ 232,555
Battery Ash	2	12"	Barbette	1898-1900-1902-1942	Included above
Battery Quarles	3	10"	Barbette	1898-1900-1902-1941	Included above
Battery Randol	2	10"	Barbette	1898-1900-1902-1918	Included above
Battery Benson	2	10"	Disappearing	1904-1907-1908-1943	$ 142,500
Battery Stoddard	4	6"	Disappearing	1903-1906-1907-1917	$ 91,000
Battery Tolles	2 2	6" 6"	Disappearing Disappearing	1903-1906-1907-1917 1903-1906-1907-1943	$ 104,500
Battery Vicars	2	5"	Balanced Pillar	1900-1901-1902-1917	$ 11,000	Guns sent overseas
Battery Putnam	2	3"	Pedestal	1903-1907-1907-1946	$ 12,000
Battery Walker (2)	2	3"	Pedestal	1903-1906-1907-1946	$ 12,000
Source: CDSG

World War I (1917-1918)

Fort Worden was greatly expanded during World War I with additional temporary training barracks and facilities. Many of Fort Worden's 41 artillery pieces were dismounted and prepared for shipment to European battlefields late in the war but few actually were sent when it became clear that they were not needed. Many of the guns were ordered remounted and the batteries reactivated. In total 18 guns were removed and not remounted. Eight of the guns not remounted were 12" mortars that were to be removed anyway as a part of an existing plan to reduce each mortar pit to 2 mortars.

After World War I only Battery Randol, Battery Stoddard and Battery Vicars were without any guns, and the fort was reduced to 50 officers and 884 enlisted men to man the remaining 23 guns.

World War II (1941-1945)

**Fort Worden World War II Battery** (edit list)
Battery Click on Battery links below	No.	Caliber	Type Mount	Service Years	Battery Cost	Notes
Battery Tolles-B	2	6"	Barbette	1936-1937-1937-1945	$ ?	From Willapa Bay
Battery AMTB - Point Wilson	2	90 mm	AMTB Fixed Pedestal	1943-1944-1944-1946	$ 26,142	Broken up
Source: CDSG

Fort Worden remained the headquarters of the Harbor Defense Command during World War II. A combined Harbor Defense Command Post and Harbor Entrance Command Post (Fort Worden HDCP/HECP was built atop Artillery hill and was jointly operated by the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy. The fort was home to the 14th Coast Artillery Regiment of the U.S. Army, the 248th Regiment of the Washington National Guard, the 2nd Amphibious Engineers, miscellaneous U.S. Navy personnel, and Canadian liaison officers. The Army operated radar sites and coordinated Canadian and U.S. defense activities in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound. The Navy, responsible for the detection and identification of all vessels entering and leaving Puget Sound, monitored new underwater sonar and sensing devices. Most of the gun emplacements were modified for anti-aircraft guns, which replaced the outdated coastal artillery pieces. Fort Worden personnel also manned batteries and fire control towers at the Cape George Military Reservation, six miles southwest of Port Townsend on the Strait of Juan de Fuca at the entrance to Discovery Bay.¹

Cold War (1947-1991)

The Coast Artillery units at Fort Worden were disbanded and the gun batteries were dismantled. It remained active as an administrative unit until 30 Jun 1953, when the Harbor Defense Command was deactivated and the fort officially closed. On 1 Jul 1957, the State of Washington purchased Fort Worden for $127,533 for use as a diagnostic and treatment center for troubled youths.¹ In 1971 the diagnostic center closed and in 1973 the property was transferred to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission for development as a conference center. In 1982 the movie, "An Officer and a Gentleman", starring Richard Gere, Debra Winger, and Lou Gossett was filmed on location at Fort Worden and the surrounding Port Townsend area.

Current Status

The fort is now Fort Worden State Park Conference Center and is a National Historic Landmark. No period guns or carriages in place but many period buildings and batteries. Excellent RV facilities.

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Location: Wilson point two miles from Port Townsend on the
Olympic Peninsula, Jefferson County, Washington.

Maps & Images

Lat: 48.13366 Long: -122.76597

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Elevation: ~

GPS Locations:

48.1388, -122.766638 Fort Worden

See Also:

Sources:

Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 839
Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 191-192
U.S.Army, Supplement to the Harbor Defense Project, Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound, (CCA-AN-PS), 12 Aug 1945, CDSG

Links:

Fortification ID:

WA0329 - Fort Worden

Visited: 17 Aug 2022, May 2017, Apr 2010, Jun 2009, Jul 2008, Sep 2005

Picture Gallery

Fort Worden Aerial View
Fort Worden Headquarters (Now Park Headquarters)
Fort Worden Guard House (Now a Gift Shop)
Fort Worden Barracks (Now the Coast Artillery Museum)
Fort Worden Barracks Bldg 225
Fort Worden Commanding Officers Quarters (Now a Museum)
Fort Worden NCO Quarters (Now Guest Housing)
Fort Worden Alexander's Castle
Fort Worden Hospital (Now a School)
Fort Worden Gas Station
Fort Worden Post Exchange
Fort Worden Band Barracks

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+'''Fort Worden (1897-1953)''' - Established as an [[Endicott Period]] coastal defense fort named in G.O. 43, 4 Apr 1900, after Rear Admiral [[John L. Worden]], U.S. Navy, who was in command of the original "Monitor" in its engagement with the Confederate ram "Merrimac," Hampton Roads, Virginia, 8 and 9 March 1862, during the [[U.S. Civil War]]. Construction began in 1897 and the fort was closed in 1953.
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+{{HDPuget Sound}} Fort Worden, [[Fort Flagler]], and [[Fort Casey (1)]], once guarded the entrance to Puget Sound. These posts, established in the late 1890s, became the first line of a fortification system designed to prevent a hostile fleet from reaching the Bremerton Naval Yard and the cities of Seattle, Tacoma, and Everett.  The property was purchased as a state park in 1955.
+== [[Endicott Period]] (1890-1910) ==
+[[Image:Fort Worden Artillery Hill Water View.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Fort Worden's Artillery Hill from the Water 2009]]
+Fort Worden sits on the tip of the Quimper Peninsula adjacent to the town of Port Townsend and is bounded by the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Admiralty Inlet of Puget Sound. The site itself has a 250' hill in the center of the post surrounded by a steep bluff. This hill is now called "Artillery Hill" and it houses eight large caliber gun batteries at the top. At the base of the bluff, Wilson Point juts out into both the Straight of Juan de Fuca and Admiralty Inlet with enough room for two additional sea-level gun batteries. Two additional gun batteries are located at the eastern edge of the fort facing Admiralty Inlet.
+The land for the fort was private property and was obtained by condemnation proceedings. Construction of the fortifications was under the supervision of the Army Corps of Engineers and it took 200 men three years (1897-1901) to complete the first six batteries and another year to get them all armed and operational. It was not until 3 May 1902 when the first detachment of 126th Coastal Artillery Company arrived that Fort Worden was first garrisoned. Captain McClosky and his 87 troop detachment were quartered in tents pending the completion of their barracks.
+The initial armaments consisted of six [[Endicott Period]] gun batteries: [[Battery Ash]], [[Battery Powell (1)]], [[Battery Brannan]], [[Battery Quarles]], [[Battery Randol]] on Artillery Hill, and [[Battery Vicars]] on Point Wilson.  Construction on all six of these batteries began in 1898-99 and they were all accepted for service on the same day, 16 Jun 1902, a little more than a month after the fort was garrisoned.
+In the summer of 1903 four additional batteries were started: [[Battery Tolles]] and [[Battery Walker]] on Artillery Hill; [[Battery Stoddard]] and [[Battery Putnam]] at the eastern edge of the Fort. These batteries were all accepted for service on 21 May 1907.
+On 4 Sep 1904, the headquarters of the Harbor Defense Command of Puget Sound was transferred from [[Fort Flagler]] to Fort Worden along with the 6th Artillery Band. By the fall of 1905, Fort Worden was fully staffed with four Coast Artillery companies, and the harbor defense system, costing approximately $7.5 million, was considered complete and operational.
+Between 1908 and 1912, two additional gun batteries were accepted for service: [[Battery Benson]] (24 Apr 1908) on Artillery Hill and [[Battery Kinzie]] (10 Jan 1912) on Point Wilson. When completed, Fort Worden had 41 artillery pieces, completing its part of the "Triangle of Fire": two 12-inch disappearing guns, two 12-inch Barbette guns, two 10-inch disappearing guns, five 10-inch Barbette guns, eight 6-inch disappearing guns, two 5-inch pedestal guns, four 3-inch pedestal guns, and sixteen 12-inch mortars.
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-Fort Worden, [[Fort Flagler]] and [[Fort Casey]], once guarded the entrance to Puget Sound. These posts, established in the late 1890s, became the first line of a fortification system designed to prevent a hostile fleet from reaching the Bremerton Naval Yard and the cities of Seattle, Tacoma and Everett.  The property was purchased as a state park in 1955.
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+== [[World War I]] (1917-1918) ==
-On 4 Sep 1904 the headquarters of the Harbor Defense Command of Puget Sound was transferred from [[:Category:Fort Flagler|Fort Flagler]] to Fort Worden along with the 6th Artillery Band.  Once work on the main batteries and army post had been completed, more troops were assigned there.  By the fall of 1905, Fort Worden was fully staffed with four Coast Artillery companies, and the harbor defense system, costing approximately $7.5 million, was considered complete and operational.  The initial armaments consisted of six [[:Category:Endicott Period Forts|Endicott Period]] gun emplacements: Batteries Ash, Powell, Brannon, Quarles, Randol, and Vicars.
+Fort Worden was greatly expanded during [[World War I]] with additional temporary training barracks and facilities.  Many of Fort Worden's 41 artillery pieces were dismounted and prepared for shipment to European battlefields late in the war but few actually were sent when it became clear that they were not needed.  Many of the guns were ordered remounted and the batteries reactivated. In total 18 guns were removed and not remounted. Eight of the guns not remounted were 12" mortars that were to be removed anyway as a part of an existing plan to reduce each mortar pit to 2 mortars.
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-Between 1905 and 1910, six additional gun emplacements were added: Batteries Tolles, Stoddard, Benson, Putnam, Walker, and Kinzie. When completed, Fort Worden had 41 artillery pieces, completing its part of the "Triangle of Fire": two 12-inch disappearing guns, two 12-inch barbette guns, two 10-inch disappearing guns, five 10-inch barbette guns, eight 6-inch disappearing guns, two 5-inch pedestal guns, four 3-inch pedestal guns, and sixteen 12-inch mortars.¹
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-==[[World War I]]==
+After [[World War I]] only [[Battery Randol]], [[Battery Stoddard]] and [[Battery Vicars]] were without any guns, and the fort was reduced to 50 officers and 884 enlisted men to man the remaining 23 guns.
-The complement at Fort Worden was greatly expanded as soldiers arrived for training prior to being sent to European battlefields.  To keep up with the demand, construction of new barracks and buildings continued throughout the war.  Thirty-six of the fort's 41 artillery pieces were dismantled and shipped to European battlefields.  After [[World War I]], the fort's staffing was reduced to 50 officers and 884 enlisted men.  Aircraft and balloons began to claim an important role in Puget Sound's defensive strategy, diminishing the role of coastal artillery.  In the 1920s, a balloon hangar was built at Fort Worden at a cost of $85,000.  During this time, some of the batteries were modernized and made "bomb-proof."¹
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+[[Image:Fort Worden Plan.jpg|thumb|left|795px|Fort Worden Plan, 1935]]
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+== [[World War II]] (1941-1945) ==
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-Fort Worden remained the headquarters of the Harbor Defense Command and it was jointly operated by the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy. The fort was home to the 14th Coast Artillery Regiment of the U.S. Army, the 248th Regiment of the Washington National Guard, the 2nd Amphibious Engineers, and miscellaneous U.S. Navy personnel.  The Army operated radar sites and coordinated Canadian and U.S. defense activities in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound.  The Navy, responsible for the detection and identification of all vessels entering and leaving Puget Sound, monitored new underwater sonar and sensing devices.  Most of the gun emplacements were modified for anti-aircraft guns, which replaced the outdated coastal artillery pieces.  Fort Worden personnel also manned batteries and fire control towers at the Cape George Military Reservation, six miles southwest of Port Townsend on the Strait of Juan de Fuca at the entrance to Discovery Bay.¹
+[[Image:Fort Worden - HDCP-HECP - 01.jpg|left|thumb|300px|HDCP/HECP at the top of Artillery Hill]]
+Fort Worden remained the headquarters of the Harbor Defense Command during [[World War II]]. A combined Harbor Defense Command Post and Harbor Entrance Command Post (Fort Worden [[HDCP]]/[[HECP]] was built atop Artillery hill and was jointly operated by the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy. The fort was home to the 14th Coast Artillery Regiment of the U.S. Army, the 248th Regiment of the Washington National Guard, the 2nd Amphibious Engineers, miscellaneous U.S. Navy personnel, and Canadian liaison officers.  The Army operated radar sites and coordinated Canadian and U.S. defense activities in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound.  The Navy, responsible for the detection and identification of all vessels entering and leaving Puget Sound, monitored new underwater sonar and sensing devices.  Most of the gun emplacements were modified for anti-aircraft guns, which replaced the outdated coastal artillery pieces.  Fort Worden personnel also manned batteries and fire control towers at the [[Cape George Military Reservation]], six miles southwest of Port Townsend on the Strait of Juan de Fuca at the entrance to Discovery Bay.¹
-==Post [[World War II]]==
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-The Coast Artillery units at Fort Worden were disbanded and the gun batteries were dismantled.  It remained active as an administrative unit until 30 Jun 1953, when the Harbor Defense Command was deactivated and the fort officially closed, ending fifty-one years of military jurisdiction.  On 1 Jul 1957, the State of Washington purchased Fort Worden for $127,533 for use as a diagnostic and treatment center for troubled youths.¹ The fort is now Fort Worden State Park and is a National Historic Landmark.
-==Batteries==
-*Battery Ash (1900 - 1942), located on Artillery Hill. Contained two barbette guns. It was named after Brevet Lt. Col Ash who died on May 8, 1864 at Todd's Tavern, Virginia, [[U.S. Civil War]].
+== [[Cold War]] (1947-1991) ==
-*Battery Powell (1901 - 1943), located next to Battery Brannan.  Also contained eight 12 inch mortars. Named after Major Powell who died on April 6, 1862 at the Battle of Shiloh, [[U.S. Civil War]].
+The Coast Artillery units at Fort Worden were disbanded and the gun batteries were dismantled.  It remained active as an administrative unit until 30 Jun 1953, when the Harbor Defense Command was deactivated and the fort officially closed.  On 1 Jul 1957, the State of Washington purchased Fort Worden for $127,533 for use as a diagnostic and treatment center for troubled youths.¹ In 1971 the diagnostic center closed and in 1973 the property was transferred to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission for development as a conference center. In 1982 the movie, "An Officer and a Gentleman", starring Richard Gere, Debra Winger, and Lou Gossett was filmed on location at Fort Worden and the surrounding Port Townsend area.
-*Battery Brannan (1901 - 1943), located on Artillery Hill. It had two plotting rooms for eight 12 inch mortars, in 1906 command was split and removed one plotting room, in 1918 half the mortars were removed from each pit.  It was named for Brevet Maj. General Brannan who served in the [[Mexican War]] and [[U.S. Civil War]]
+==Current Status==
-*Battery Quarles (1900 - 1941), located on Artillery Hill. It contained 3 10 inch barbette guns. It was named for Captain Quarles who died on August 30, 1847 at the Battle of Churubusco, Mexico
+The fort is now Fort Worden State Park Conference Center and is a National Historic Landmark. No period guns or carriages in place but many period buildings and batteries. Excellent RV facilities.
-*Battery Randol (1900 - 1918), located on Artillery Hill. It contained two 10 inch barbette guns.  It was named for Brevet Brigadier General Randon, a Civil War hero.
-*Battery Vicars (1902 - 1917), located on Point Wilson. Contained two 5 inch guns.
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-*Battery Tolles (1905 - 1943), located along the beach bluff below Artillery Hill. Contained four 6 inch guns.
-*Battery Stoddard (1906 - 1917), located on the bluff facing Admiralty Inlet. Contained four 6 inch guns.
-*Battery Benson (1907 - 1943), located on Artillery Hill. It contained two 10 inch disappearing guns. It was named after Captain Benson who died on August 11, 1862 from wounds received in action.  Battery Benson has a tunnel that runs to buildings (now in ruins)on the hill peak, two barrancas buildings used for command and plotting, a barracks, a 2 million gallon water reservoir, the switchboard, and signal station.
-*Battery Putnam (1907 - 1945), located on the bluff facing Admiralty Inlet. Contained two 3 inch guns.
-*Battery Walker (1907 - 1946), located on the bluff facing the Straight of Juan de Fuca. Contained two 3 *Battery Kinzie (1910 - 1944), located on Point Wilson, contained two 12 inch disappearing guns.
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-*Battery Tolles B (1937 - 1946);
-*AMTB Battery Point Wilson (1943 - 1946), of which one gunblock is now in the surf.
-(after¹)
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-The 1982 movie, "An Officer and a Gentleman", starring Richard Gere, Debra Winger and Lou Gossett was filmed on location at Fort Worden and the surrounding Port Townsend area.
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-'''Location:''' Wilson point two miles from Port Townsend on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington.
+'''Location:''' Wilson point two miles from Port Townsend on the<br>Olympic Peninsula, Jefferson County, Washington.
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+{{Mapit-US-cityscale|48.13366|-122.76597}}
-* Elevation:
+* Elevation: ~
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+'''GPS Locations:'''
+* {{GPSLinkLong|Lat=48.1388|Lon=-122.766638}} Fort Worden
+|}
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-[[Image:fwlt.gif]]Local Lazer tag groups have been trekking out to the fort annually to spend the day in one of the batteries playing lazer tag. Most of the gear used is commercial but some of the members of the group have modded their gear or have built home made gear. The event takes place at the end of the summer. for more info on the games please check the link below.
+'''See Also:'''
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+* [[Fort Worden WWII Radar Site (2)]]
+* [[Harbor Defense of Puget Sound]]
+* [[Harbor Defense of Juan de Fuca Strait]]
 '''Sources:'''
 * {{Roberts}}, page 839
 * {{Hart}}, page 191-192
-* [http://www.cdsg.org/pacific.htm Coastal Defense Study Group]
+{{HBSuppPugetSoundWWII}}
-* ¹[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worden Wikipedia]
 '''Links:'''
-*[http://www.parks.wa.gov/parkpage.asp?selectedpark=Fort+Worden&pageno=1 Fort Worden State Park]
+* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/wa.html#puget North American Forts - Fort Worden]
-*[http://www.wshs.org/wshs/columbia/articles/0201-a3.htm Personal Story]
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worden Wikipedia - Fort Worden]
-*[http://www.geocities.com/pugetforts/Fort_Worden1.html Photo Gallery]
+* [http://parks.state.wa.us/511/Fort-Worden Fort Worden State Park]
-*[http://www.ddewey.net/pics/vpt/ Fort Panoramas]
+* [https://waparks.org/tours/fort-worden Fort Worden State Park Virtual Tours]
-*[http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/wa.html#puget NorthAmericanForts.com]
+* [http://www.wshs.org/wshs/columbia/articles/0201-a3.htm Personal Story]
-*[http://fwfriends.org/ Friends of Fort Worden State Park]
+* [http://www.ddewey.net/pics/vpt/ Fort Panoramas]
-*[http://www.ggaub.com/fwlt/ Fort Worden Lazer tag]
+* [http://fwfriends.org/ Friends of Fort Worden State Park]
+* [http://www.ggaub.com/fwlt/ Fort Worden Lazer tag]
+* [http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7524 History Link]
+* {{CDSGBatteryLink}}
+{{FortID|ID=WA0329|Name={{PAGENAME}}}}
-'''Visited:''' Sep 2005
+{{Visited|17 Aug 2022, May 2017, Apr 2010, Jun 2009, Jul 2008, Sep 2005}}
 ==Picture Gallery==
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-Image:FortWordenDorm.jpg|Fort Worden Housing
+Image:FortWorden aerial.jpg|Fort Worden Aerial View
-Image:FortWorden aerial.jpg|Fort Worden
+Image:Fort Worden - Park Office.jpg|Fort Worden Headquarters (Now Park Headquarters)
-Image:FortWorden Map.gif|Fort Worden Map
+Image:Fort Worden - Guard House.jpg|Fort Worden Guard House (Now a Gift Shop)
+Image:Fort Worden - Coastal Artillery Museum.jpg|Fort Worden Barracks (Now the Coast Artillery Museum)
+Image:Fort Worden - Bldg 225.jpg|Fort Worden Barracks Bldg 225
+Image:Fort Worden - Cmnd Officer Qtrs.jpg|Fort Worden Commanding Officers Quarters (Now a Museum)
+Image:Fort Worden - NCO Qtrs.jpg|Fort Worden NCO Quarters (Now Guest Housing)
+Image:Fort Worden - Castle.jpg|Fort Worden Alexander's Castle
+Image:Fort Worden - 141.jpg|Fort Worden Hospital (Now a School)
+Image:Fort Worden Post Buildings Gas Station.jpg|Fort Worden Gas Station
+Image:Fort Worden Post Buildings Post Exchange.jpg|Fort Worden Post Exchange
+Image:Fort Worden Post Buildings - 3.jpg|Fort Worden Band Barracks
 </gallery>
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