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== [[Endicott Period]] == | == [[Endicott Period]] == | ||
Revision as of 21:22, 29 January 2011
Fort Rodman (1898-1947) - An Endicott Period Coastal Fort first established in 1898 in Bristol County, Massachusetts on the site of previous fortifications, Fort Taber and Fort at Clark's Point. Named in G.O. 106, 23 Jul 1898, after Ltc.William Logan Rodman, 38th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, who was killed in action during the U.S. Civil War at Port Hudson, Louisiana, 27 May 1863. Post declared surplus in 1947.
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Endicott Period
Part of the Harbor Defense of New Bedford.
| Battery Click on Battery links below |
No. | Caliber | Type Mount | Service Years | Battery Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Walcott | 1 | 8" | Disappearing | 1898-1899-1899-1942 | $ 51,813 | |
| Battery Barton | 1 | 8" | Disappearing | 1898-1899-1899-1942 | $ 51,813 | |
| Battery Cross | 2 | 5" | Pedestal | 1902-1920 | $ 11,611 | |
| Battery Craig | 2 | 3" | Masking Parapet | 1902-1920 | $ 9,150 | |
| Battery Gaston | 2 | 3" | Masking Parapet | 1902-1920 | $ 9,150 | |
| Source: CDSG | ||||||
World War I
| Battery Click on Battery links below |
No. | Caliber | Type Mount | Service Years | Battery Cost | Notes |
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| Battery Milliken | 2 | 12" | Barbette | 1917-1921-1921-1946 | $ 326,617 | |
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World War II
| Battery Click on Battery links below |
No. | Caliber | Type Mount | Service Years | Battery Cost | Notes |
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| Battery 210 | 2 | 6" | Shielded Barbette (SBC) | 1943-1945-1945-1947 | $ ? | Mishaum Point MR |
| Battery AMTB 931 | 2 2 |
90mm 90mm |
Fixed AMTB Mobile M1A1 |
1943-1943-1943-1946 | $ ? | Barney's Joy Point |
| Battery AMTB 932 | 2 2 |
90mm 90mm |
Fixed AMTB Mobile M1A1 |
1943-1943-1943-1946 | $ ? | Cuttyhunk Island |
| Battery AMTB 933 | 2 2 |
90mm 90mm |
Fixed AMTB Mobile M1A1 |
1943-1943-1943-1946 | $ ? | Nashawena Island |
| Battery AMTB 934 | 2 2 |
90mm 90mm |
Fixed AMTB Mobile M1A1 |
1943-1943-1943-1946 | $ ? | Butler's Point |
| Battery 155 - Fort Rodman | 2 | 155mm | Mobile on Panama Mounts |
1938-1945 | $ ? | |
| Battery 155 - Mishaum Point | 2 | 155mm | Mobile on Panama Mounts |
943-1945 | $ ? | Mishaum Point MR |
| Battery 155 - Butler Point | 2 | 155mm | Mobile on Panama Mounts |
1942-1943 | $ ? | Butler Point |
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Current Status
Part of Fort Taber Park, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
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Location: Fort Tabor Park, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Maps & Images Lat: 41.592923 Long: -70.901417 |
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 409
- U.S.Army, Supplement to the Harbor Defense Project of New Bedford, (CC-SUP-NEWB-43), 1 Feb 1945, CDSG
- Coast Defense Study Group, CDSG Press, CDSG Digital Library
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