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== {{PAGENAME}} History == | == {{PAGENAME}} History == | ||
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Originally built as an [[Taft Period]] concrete coastal gun battery with four 6" M1908 guns mounted on M1905MI carriages. Power originally furnished by a gasoline driven 25 KW motor-generator set in the power room between emplacements #1 and #2, transferred 9 May 1911 at a cost of $ 430.28. A second motor-generator set was added in 1920, accepted 26 Jan 1920. A separate concrete building for the latrine located across the road between emplacements #1 and #2, accepted 9 May 1911 at a cost of $ 1,055. Two rooms in emplacement #2 used as mine casemates. | Originally built as an [[Taft Period]] concrete coastal gun battery with four 6" wire wrapped M1908 guns mounted on M1905MI disappearing carriages. Power originally furnished by a gasoline driven 25 KW motor-generator set in the power room between emplacements #1 and #2, transferred 9 May 1911 at a cost of $ 430.28. A second motor-generator set was added in 1920, accepted 26 Jan 1920. A separate concrete building for the latrine located across the road between emplacements #1 and #2, accepted 9 May 1911 at a cost of $ 1,055. Two rooms in emplacement #2 used as mine casemates. | ||
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== [[World War II]] == | == [[World War II]] == | ||
The four M1905MI disappearing carriages were salvaged on 20 Sep 1943 and the four M1908 guns were transferred to [[Watervliet]] 22 Feb 1944 and salvaged by them 17 Oct 1945. | |||
== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
No period guns or mounts in place. | No period guns or mounts in place. | ||
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Revision as of 16:28, 14 January 2010
Battery Harrison (2) (1911-1937) - Battery Harrison was a reinforced concrete, Taft Period 6 inch coastal gun battery on Fort Whitman, Washington. The battery was named in G.O. 245, 13 Dec 1909. Battery construction started in 1909, was completed in 1911 and transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use 9 May 1911. at a cost of $ 92,000. Deactivated in 1937.
Battery Harrison (2) History
Part of the Harbor Defense of Puget Sound.
Endicott Period
Originally built as an Taft Period concrete coastal gun battery with four 6" wire wrapped M1908 guns mounted on M1905MI disappearing carriages. Power originally furnished by a gasoline driven 25 KW motor-generator set in the power room between emplacements #1 and #2, transferred 9 May 1911 at a cost of $ 430.28. A second motor-generator set was added in 1920, accepted 26 Jan 1920. A separate concrete building for the latrine located across the road between emplacements #1 and #2, accepted 9 May 1911 at a cost of $ 1,055. Two rooms in emplacement #2 used as mine casemates.
| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6" Rifle | 277" | M1908 | 1 | Watervliet | Disappearing, M1905MI, #14, Watertown | 1911-1937 | See note 1 | |
| 2 | 6" Rifle | 277" | M1908 | 2 | Watervliet | Disappearing, M1905MI, #15, Watertown | 1911-1937 | See note 1 | |
| 3 | 6" Rifle | 277" | M1908 | 3 | Watervliet | Disappearing, M1905MI, #16, Watertown | 1911-1937 | See note 1 | |
| 4 | 6" Rifle | 277" | M1908 | 4 | Watervliet | Disappearing, M1905MI, #17, Watertown | 1911-1937 | See note 1 | |
| Source: RCW Form 1, Mar 1923, 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 100-101, 216 Note 1: The guns transferred to Watervliet 22 Feb 1944, carriages were salvaged 20 Sep 1943. CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA | |||||||||
World War II
The four M1905MI disappearing carriages were salvaged on 20 Sep 1943 and the four M1908 guns were transferred to Watervliet 22 Feb 1944 and salvaged by them 17 Oct 1945.
Current Status
No period guns or mounts in place.
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Location: Fort Whitman, Washington Maps & Images Lat: 48.3647215 Long: -122.5347877 |
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