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Fort Story

**Fort Story World War II Battery** (edit list)
Battery Click on Battery links below	No.	Caliber	Type Mount	Service Years	Battery Cost	Notes
Battery 120 Battery Ketcham	2	16"	LR Casemated Barbette	1941-1943-1943-1948	$ 1,553,592	Navy Gun (16" 1940 Program)
Battery 121	2	16"	LR Casemated Barbette	1942-1943-1943-1948	$ 1,881,850	Navy Gun (16" 1940 Program)
Battery 224 Battery Worcester	2	6"	Pedestal Mount	1940-1941-1941-1947	$ ?	Prototype for 200 series
Battery 225 Battery Cramer	2	6"	LR Shielded Barbette	1941-1942-1943-1948	$ 175,832
Battery 226	2	6"	LR Shielded Barbette	1942-1943-1943-1949	$ 234,602
Battery AMTB 19 - Fort Story Examination Battery	2	3"	Pedestal Mount	1942-1945	$ ?	Guns from Battery Irwin, Fort Monroe
Battery 155 - Fort Story (1)	4	155mm	Mobile Panama Mounts	1942-194?	$ ?
Battery 155 - Fort Story (2)	4	155mm	Mobile Panama Mounts	1942-194?	$ ?
Battery AMTB 21 - Fort Story	2	90mm	Fixed Pedestal Mounts	1942-1942-1943-1945	$ 5,844	Gun pads buried
Battery AMTB 22 - Fort Story	2	90mm	Fixed Pedestal Mounts	1943-1950	$ ?	In surf
Source: CDSG

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Location: Located in Virginia's Hampton Roads harbor on a man-made island adjacent to the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel entrance. Access by boat.

Maps & Images

Lat: 36.92739 Long: -76.020756

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 824
NorthAmericanForts.com
Coast Defense Study Group, CDSG Press, CDSG Digital Library

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