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Revision as of 08:33, 13 November 2010
Fort Wetherill (1900-1946) - First established in 1900 on the site of earlier fortifications at Conanicut Island, Newport County, Rhode Island. Named in G.O. 43, 4 Apr 1900, after Capt. Alexander M. Wetherill, 6th U.S. Infantry, who was killed in action 1 Jul 1898, at San Juan, Santiago, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War. Abandoned in 1946. Other earlier fortifications on this site include Fort Conanicut, Fort Brown (2), Fort Louis and Fort Dumplings
Endicott Period
Part of the Harbor Defense of Narragansett Bay.
| Battery Click on Battery links below |
No. | Caliber | Type Mount | Service Years | Battery Cost | Notes |
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| Battery Varnum | 2 | 12" | Barbette | 1898-1899-1901-1943 | $ 146,704 | |
| Battery Wheaton | 2 | 12" | Disappearing | 1902-1904-1908-1945 | $ 200,000 | |
| Battery Walbach | 3 | 10" | Disappearing | 1901-1904-1908-1936 | $ 119,171 | 1 gun to Battery Hale, Fort Greble (2) 1918 2 guns to Fort H.G. Wright 1936 |
| Battery Zook | 3 | 6" | Disappearing | 1903-1904-1908-1917 | $ 81,475 | 3 guns to France |
| Battery Dickenson | 2 | 6" | Pedestal | 1901-1902-1908-1947 | $ 36,500 | |
| Battery Crittenden | 2 | 3" | Pedestal | 1901-1902-1908-1946 | $ 15,050 | 2 guns from Battery Belton, Fort Adams (1) 1925 |
| Battery Cooke | 2 | 3" | Masking Parapet | 1899-1899-1901-1920 | $ 11,454 | |
| Source: CDSG | ||||||
Current Status
Part of Fort Wetherill State Park.
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Location: Fort Wetherill State Park, Jamestown, Conanicut Island, Newport County, Rhode Island. Maps & Images Lat: 41.4795467 Long: -71.3650529 |
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 706
- U.S.Army, Supplement to the Harbor Defense Project of Narragansett Bay, (HDNARB-AP-45), 1 Feb 1945, CDSG
Links:
- North American Forts - Fort Wetherill
- Wikipedia - Fort Wetherill
- Coast Defense Study Group, CDSG Press, CDSG Digital Library
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