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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1903-1917) - Battery Amos Stoddard is a concrete [[:Category:Endicott Period Forts|Endicott Period]] Battery located on [[Fort Worden]], Washington. The Battery was begun in Jul 1903, completed in 1906 and transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use 21 May 1907 at a total cost of $91,000. The guns were removed in 1917 during [[World War I]]. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1903-1917) - Battery Amos Stoddard is a concrete [[:Category:Endicott Period Forts|Endicott Period]] Battery located on [[Fort Worden]], Washington. The Battery was begun in Jul 1903, completed in 1906 and transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use 21 May 1907 at a total cost of $91,000. The guns were removed in 1917 during [[World War I]]. | ||
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[[Image:Fort Worden Battery Stoddard Gun 1.jpg|left|300px | [[Image:Fort Worden Battery Stoddard Gun 1.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Battery Stoddard Gun #1 Position]] | ||
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Revision as of 18:42, 5 August 2008
Battery Stoddard (1903-1917) - Battery Amos Stoddard is a concrete Endicott Period Battery located on Fort Worden, Washington. The Battery was begun in Jul 1903, completed in 1906 and transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use 21 May 1907 at a total cost of $91,000. The guns were removed in 1917 during World War I.
Battery Stoddard History
Battery Amos Stoddard was built with four 6" disappearing L.F. guns. All the guns were removed in 1917. These guns could fire a 108 pound shell seven miles.
| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6" Rifle | 300" | M1903 | 17 | Watervliet | Disappearing L.F., M1903, #43, Wellman | 1907-1917 | See Note 1 | |
| 2 | 6" Rifle | 300" | M1903 | 19 | Watervliet | Disappearing L.F., M1903, #44, Wellman | 1907-1917 | See Note 1 | |
| 3 | 6" Rifle | 300" | M1903 | 45 | Watervliet | Disappearing L.F., M1903, #89, Wellman | 1907-1917 | See Note 1 | |
| 4 | 6" Rifle | 300" | M1903 | 61 | Watervliet | Disappearing L.F., M1903, #90, Wellman | 1907-1917 | See Note 1 | |
| Source: RCW Form 1 1921, RCB 31 Dec 1909, Coast Defense Study Group, Berhow, Mark A. ed, American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide, 2nd Edition, CDSG Press, McLean, VA, 2004, ISBN 0-9748167-0-1, pages 98-99, 217 Note 1: Guns transferred to Watervliet 31 Dec 1917, carriages scrapped 26 May 1920. CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA | |||||||||
Current Status
Part of the Fort Worden State Park Conference Center. The Battery is accessible to the public but most of the rooms are locked or welded shut. No guns or carriages are in place.
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Location: Fort Worden State Park Conference Center, Port Townsend, Washington Maps & Images Lat: 48.13676 Long: -122.763752 |
Sources:
- Fort Worden Guide, The Puget Sound Coast Artillery Museum, 2005, page 19
- Seacoast Defense Photos
Links:
Visited: 19 Jul 2008
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