Battery AMTB 913

Battery AMTB 913 (1943-1946) - Battery AMTB 913 was a reinforced concrete World War II AMTB rapid fire 90mm gun battery on Fort H.G. Wright, New York. Battery construction started on 19 May 1943, was completed on 19 Aug 1943 and transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use 20 Dec 1943. Deactivated in 1946.

Battery AMTB 913 History

Part of the Harbor Defense of Long Island Sound.
The AMTB battery at Fort H.G. Wright consisted of two 90mm guns mounted on 90mm M3 fixed gun mounts and two 90mm guns mounted on 90mm M1A1 mobile gun mounts. Concrete pads for both fixed guns were laid in front of emplacement #1 and #2 of Battery Butterfield. The fixed guns were mounted in 1943.

The battery had a dual mission of defense against fast enemy motor torpedo boats and enemy aircraft. The effective range of the guns was about 8,000 yards. Each weapon required a crew of 15, 9 men in the gun squad and 6 men in the ammunition squad.

AMTB Front View	AMTB Interior View	AMTB Side View	AMTB Back View
The above photos were taken at Fort Monroe, Battery Parrott From FM 4-91: "This weapon consists of the 90-mm gun M1 and top carriage M1A1 on the 90-mm gun mount M3. The mount M3 is of the turret type, the shielding being constructed of boiler plates. This boiler plate shield provide fragmentation protection only. No shielding is provided at the rear due to the requirements for service of the piece. A sighting port in the shielding in front permits sighting in direction by the gun pointer." References: FM 4-91 - 90-MM Gun, Fixed Mount Service of the Piece FM 4-126 - Antiaircraft Artillery, Service of the Piece, 90-mm Antiaircraft Gun TM 9-373 - 90-mm Gun M1 and 90-mm Gun Mount T3 (M3)

Battery AMTB 913 Armament (edit list)

Empl No	Caliber Type	Barrel Length	Model		Serial No	Manufacturer	Carriage	Service Dates	Notes
F1	90mm Rifle	186.15"	M1		7076	GM	Fixed Pedestal Mount, M3, #203, GM	1943-1946
F2	90mm Rifle	186.15"	M1		7164	GM	Fixed Pedestal Mount, M3, #204, GM	1943-1946
M1	90mm Rifle	186.15"	M1		?	Unknown	Mobile Mount, M1A1, #?, Unknown	1943-1946
M2	90mm Rifle	186.15"	M1		?	Unknown	Mobile Mount, M1A1, #?, Unknown	1943-1946
Source: RCW Form 1, Aug 1944, 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 80-81

Battery AMTB 913 Plan

Current Status

On Fishers Island, Suffolk County, New York. No period gun or mounts in place. Concrete gun pads are buried/destroyed.

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Location: Fishers Island, Suffolk County, New York. Map points are approximate. Maps & Images Lat: 41.254093 Long: -72.033714 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 27.67'

Sources:

• U.S.Army, Supplement to the Harbor Defense Project of Long Island Sound, (HDLIS-AN-45), 15 Feb 1945, CDSG

Links:

• Coast Defense Study Group, CDSG Press, CDSG Digital Library

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