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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1912-1944) - Battery Kinzie is a concrete [[:Category:Endicott Period Forts|Endicott Period]] Battery located on [[Fort Worden]], Washington. Named in G.O. 245, 13 Dec 1909, for BG [[David Hunter Kinzie]], a [[U.S. Civil War]] veteran who died in 1904. The Battery was begun in Jun 1908, completed in 1910 and transfered to the Coastal Artillery for use 10 Jan 1912 at a total cost of $207,832.50. The guns were dismounted in 1944 toward the end of [[World War II]]. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1912-1944) - Battery Kinzie is a concrete [[:Category:Endicott Period Forts|Endicott Period]] Battery located on [[Fort Worden]], Washington. Named in G.O. 245, 13 Dec 1909, for BG [[David Hunter Kinzie]], a [[U.S. Civil War]] veteran who died in 1904. The Battery was begun in Jun 1908, completed in 1910 and transfered to the Coastal Artillery for use 10 Jan 1912 at a total cost of $207,832.50. The guns were dismounted in 1944 toward the end of [[World War II]]. | ||
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== {{PAGENAME}} History == | == {{PAGENAME}} History == | ||
{{HDPuget Sound}} Designed to protect both the Straight of Juan De Fuca and the Admiralty Inlet to Puget Sound. | {{HDPuget Sound}} Designed to protect both the Straight of Juan De Fuca and the Admiralty Inlet to Puget Sound. | ||
Revision as of 16:28, 20 March 2010
Battery Kinzie (1912-1944) - Battery Kinzie is a concrete Endicott Period Battery located on Fort Worden, Washington. Named in G.O. 245, 13 Dec 1909, for BG David Hunter Kinzie, a U.S. Civil War veteran who died in 1904. The Battery was begun in Jun 1908, completed in 1910 and transfered to the Coastal Artillery for use 10 Jan 1912 at a total cost of $207,832.50. The guns were dismounted in 1944 toward the end of World War II.
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Battery Kinzie History
Part of the Harbor Defense of Puget Sound. Designed to protect both the Straight of Juan De Fuca and the Admiralty Inlet to Puget Sound.
Built with two 12" M1895 MI guns on M1901 disappearing carriages in a concrete battery at a cost of $207,832.50. The 12" guns could fire a thousand pound shell 10 miles. The battery is a very large one with 15 rooms, a battery control station and two long external corridors. It was a bit unique in that air spaces were left between rooms to ventilate them and to isolate them somewhat from the shock of the 12" guns firing. It was the last large battery built for Puget Sound defense.
| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12" Rifle | 442.56" | M1895MI | 60 | Watervliet | Disappearing, M1901, #21, Alliance | 1912-1944 | See Note 1 | |
| 2 | 12" Rifle | 442.56" | M1895MI | 73 | Watervliet | Disappearing, M1901, #20, Alliance | 1912-1944 | 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 150-151, 217 Note 1: Guns transferred to [Watervliet]] 12 Aug 1944, carriages ordered salvaged 9 Mar 1944. CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA | |||||||||
Current Status
Part of the Fort Worden State Park Conference Center. The Battery is accessible to the public and the rooms are clean and dry but empty. The remains of the shell and powder hoists can be seen and you can still see, in some rooms, the overhead tracks used to move the shells.
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Location: Point Wilson, Fort Worden State Park Conference Center, Port Townsend, Washington Maps & Images Lat: 48.142566 Long: -122.760844 |
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Visited: 19 Jul 2008
Battery Kinzie Picture Gallery
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Battery Kinzie External Corridors -
Battery Kinzie Battery Control Station -
Battery Kinzie Battery Control Station NW Corner View -
Battery Kinzie View from the BC -
Battery Kinzie Battery Control Station NE Corner -
Battery Kinzie Gun #1 Auxiliary Shot Room -
Battery Kinzie Gun #1 Hoist Room, hoist shafts on the right. -
Battery Kinzie Gun #1 Powder Hoist -
Battery Kinzie Gun #1 Shell Hoist from the bottom -
Battery Kinzie Gun #1 Shell Hoist from the Top -
Battery Kinzie Gun #2 Shell Hoist from the Top -
Battery Kinzie Powder Hoist Equipment -
Battery Kinzie Plotting Room -
Battery Kinzie Plotting Room Equipment -
Battery Kinzie Commander's Room -
Battery Kinzie Shot Cart Storage
