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Battery AMTB #6 was built with two 90 mm M1 rapid fire guns mounted on type 90AA, model M3 carriages. These rapid fire guns had the dual roles of guarding against small swift motor torpedo boats and providing anti-aircraft protection | Battery AMTB #6 was built with two 90 mm M1 rapid fire guns mounted on type 90AA, model M3 carriages. These rapid fire guns had the dual roles of guarding against small swift motor torpedo boats and providing anti-aircraft protection. | ||
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Revision as of 17:44, 7 August 2008
Battery AMTB 6 - Clatsop Spit (1943-1947) - Battery AMTB #6 Clatsop Spit was a World War II Period reinforced concrete Anti-Motor Torpedo Boat Battery located on Fort Stevens, Oregon. Construction on the Battery began 10 Jun 1943, was completed 30 Jun 1943 and the guns installed 24 Dec 1943. The Battery was activated on 12 Jan 1943 and officially transferred for use on 5 Apr 1944, total cost $9,856.82. The guns were removed after the end of World War II in 1947 or 1948.
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Battery AMTB 6 - Clatsop Spit History
Battery AMTB #6 was built with two 90 mm M1 rapid fire guns mounted on type 90AA, model M3 carriages. These rapid fire guns had the dual roles of guarding against small swift motor torpedo boats and providing anti-aircraft protection.
| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 90mm Rifle | 186.15" | M1 | 7139 | General Motors | Fixed 90mm M3, #219, General Motors | 15 Dec 1943-1945 | ||
| 2 | 90mm Rifle | 186.15" | M1 | 6927 | General Motors | Fixed 90mm M3, #128, General Motors | 15 Dec 1943-1945 | ||
| M | 90mm Rifle | 186.15" | M1 | 3171 | Watervliet | Mobile 90mm M1A1, #3821, WP&M | 15 Dec 1943-1945 | ||
| M | 90mm Rifle | 186.15" | M1 | 3531 | Watervliet | Mobile 90mm M1A1, #1558, Watervliet | 15 Dec 1943-1945 | ||
| Source: 1. CDSG. 2. Berhow, Mark A. ed, American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide, 3rd Edition - PDF, CDSG ePress, McLean, VA, 2012, ISBN 0-9748167-0-1, page 80-81, 218. 3. Rounds Fired - Seacoast Artillery Including Proofing Rounds, HQ Harbor Defense of the Columbia, undated, NARA RG165, E257 Box 68 - Bolling Smith. | |||||||||
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Location: On Fort Stevens, Oregon Maps & Images Lat: 46.228837 Long: -124.012213 |
Sources:
- Hanft, Marshall, Fort Stevens: Oregon's defender at the river of the West, Your Town Press, 1980
- Coastal Defense Study Group
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