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== {{PAGENAME}} History == | == {{PAGENAME}} History == | ||
{{HDPuget Sound}} | {{HDPuget Sound}} Built to provide protection for the Bremerton Navy Yard and the Rich Passage. | ||
== [[Endicott Period]] == | == [[Endicott Period]] == | ||
Originally built as an [[Endicott Period]] concrete coastal gun battery for two 3" guns that were never provided. | Originally built as an [[Endicott Period]] concrete coastal gun battery for two 3" guns that were never provided. | ||
[[Image:Fort Ward Battery Mitchell Plan.jpg|thumb|left|795px|Battery Mitchell Plan]] | [[Image:Fort Ward Battery Mitchell Plan.jpg|thumb|left|795px|Battery Mitchell Plan]] | ||
== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
No period guns or mounts in place. | No period guns or mounts in place. | ||
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[[Category:Unknown Condition]] | [[Category:Unknown Condition]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:State Park]] | ||
[[Category:Endicott Period Battery]] | [[Category:Endicott Period Battery]] | ||
[[Category:Coastal Battery]] | [[Category:Coastal Battery]] | ||
[[Category:Fort Ward (2)]] | [[Category:Fort Ward (2)]] | ||
[[Category:Harbor Defense of Puget Sound]] | [[Category:Harbor Defense of Puget Sound]] | ||
Revision as of 13:39, 18 March 2010
Battery Mitchell (1) (1904-NA) - Battery Mitchell was a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period 3 inch coastal gun battery on Middle Point MR across from Fort Ward (2), Washington. The battery was named in G.O. 194, 27 Dec 1904 after 1st lt. Robert B. Mitchell, U.S. Army Artillery Corps, who died 17 May 1904. Battery construction started in 1900, was completed in 1903 and transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use 18 Jan 1904 at a cost of $ 9,473.00. Never armed.
Battery Mitchell (1) History
Part of the Harbor Defense of Puget Sound. Built to provide protection for the Bremerton Navy Yard and the Rich Passage.
Endicott Period
Originally built as an Endicott Period concrete coastal gun battery for two 3" guns that were never provided.
Current Status
No period guns or mounts in place.
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Location: Manchester State Park, Washington, across from Fort Ward (2), Washington Maps & Images Lat: 47.5781506 Long: -122.5471634 |
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