Fort Rousseau

Fort Rousseau (1941-1946) - A World War II Coastal Fort first established in 1941 as a part of Fort Ray on Makhnati Island, Sitka Borough, Alaska. Named Fort Rousseau in G.O. 17, 2 Apr 1943, after Bvt. Major General Lovell Harrison Rousseau, who received the transfer of Alaska to the United States in 1867. Abandoned in 1946.

World War II (1941-1945)

Part of the Harbor Defense of Sitka.

Fort Rousseau World War II Battery (edit list)

Battery Click on Battery links below	No.	Caliber	Type Mount	Service Years	Battery Cost	Notes
Battery 292	2	6"	Shielded Barbette	1943-1944-1944-1950	$ ?
Battery 155 - Makhnati Island	4	155mm	Panama Mount	1942-194?-194?-194?	$ ?	Reduce to two positions by Battery 292 construction
Battery AMTB - Watson Point	2 2	90mm 90mm	M3-Fixed M1A1-Mobile	1943-1943-1943-1944	$ ?
Battery AMTB - Whale Island	2 2	90mm 90mm	M3-Fixed M1A1-Mobile	1943-1943-1943-1944	$ ?
Source: CDSG

Fort Rousseau Land Map, Sitka Sound Assigned Plots in Yellow

Current Status

Remains of Battery 292 structure and two Panama mounts on Makhnati Island, Sitka Borough, Alaska.

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USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 2436011

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Location: Makhnati Island, Sitka Borough, Alaska. Maps & Images Lat: 57.0395 Long: -135.3896 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 13'

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 26
• U.S.Army, Supplement to the Harbor Defense Project Harbor Defenses of Sitka, (SHDSP), 1944, CDSG
• CDSG

Links:

• North American Forts - Fort Rousseau
• Sitka WWII - Harbor Defenses of Sitka, Alaska

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