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Revision as of 18:23, 5 December 2010

Fort Terry (1898-1946) - An Endicott Period Coastal Fort first established in 1898 on Plum Island, Suffolk County, New York. Named in G.O. 134, 22 Jul 1899, after MG Alfred H. Terry, U.S. Army. Abandoned in 1946.

Endicott Period

Part of the Harbor Defense of Long Island Sound.


Fort Terry Endicott Period Battery (edit list)
Battery
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No. Caliber Type Mount Service Years Battery Cost Notes
Battery Stoneman 8 12" Mortar 1898-1900-1901-1943 $ 112,000
Battery Steele 2 10" Disappearing 1897-1899-1900-1942 $ 102,593
Battery Bradford 2 6" Disappearing 1898-1900-1901-1944 $ 50,000
Battery Floyd 2 6" Disappearing 1903-1906-1906-1917 $ 51,625
Battery Dimick 2 6" Disappearing 1903-1905-1905-1917 $ 57,500
Battery Kelly 2 5" Pedestal 1898-1901-1900-1917 $ 14,500
Battery Hagner 2 3" Pedestal 1903-1906-1906-1932 $ 15,924 Guns to Battery Hoppock
Battery Eldridge 2 3" Pedestal 1903-1906-1906-1943 $ 15,924
Battery Dalliba 2 3" Pedestal 1902-1905-1905-1946 $ 17,500
Battery Greble 2 3" Pedestal 1903-1905-1905-1932 $ 16,687
Battery Campbell 2 3" Pedestal 1903-1905-1905-1933 $ 16,687
Source: CDSG
Fort Terry General Plan 1921
Fort Terry Detail Plan 1921


World War I

World War II

Fort Terry World War II Battery (edit list)
Battery
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No. Caliber Type Mount Service Years Battery Cost Notes
Battery 217 2 6" Shielded Barbette (SBC) 1943-1943-1943-1946 $ 249,478 Not Armed
Battery AMTB 911 2
2
90mm
90mm
Fixed AMTB
Mobile
1943-1943-1943-1946 $ 12,051
Battery 155 - Fort Terry 4 155mm Mobile Panama Mount 1942-1943 $ ?
Source: CDSG

Current Status

Ruins.

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Location: Plum Island, Suffolk County, New York.

Maps & Images

Lat: 41.18 Long: -72.195

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