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Revision as of 09:32, 27 November 2013

Fort Weaver (1899-1948) - A U.S. Army Coastal fortification first established as Iroquois Point Military Reservation in 1899 on Keahi Point, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Named Fort Weaver in 1922 after Major General Erasmus M. Weaver Jr., Chief of the Coast Artillery Corps (1911-1918). Abandoned in 1948.

World War I (1917-1918)

Part of the Harbor Defense of Pearl Harbor.

Fort Weaver 1934 Plan


World War II (1941-1945)

Fort Weaver World War II Battery (edit list)
Battery
Click on Battery links below
No. Caliber Type Mount Service Years Battery Cost Notes
Battery AMTB - Fort Weaver 2 90mm Fixed 1943-1945 $ ?
Source: CDSG

Current Status

No remains, now a housing area, Honolulu County, Hawaii. One Panama mount can be seen in the surf via Google Satellite maps.


USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1946878


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Location: Keahi Point, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii.

Maps & Images

Lat: 21.3205556 Long: -157.9822222

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 247
  • Williford, Glen and McGovern, Terrance, Defenses of Pearl Harbor and Oahu 1907-50, Osprey Publishing, 2013, Print ISBN 9781849085723
  • CDSG

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