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Fort Kamehameha (1907-1949) - A U.S. Army Taft Period Coastal Fort first established as Fort Upton in 1907 on Queen Emma Point, Oahu Island, Honolulu County, Hawaii. First named Fort Upton in G.O. 15, 1909, after General Emory Upton, U.S. Civil War General. Renamed Fort Kamehameha in G.O. 245, 1909, after Kamehameha, first king of unified Hawaii. Abandoned as a fortification in 1949. Also known as Fort Kamehameha Military Reservation


Fort Kamehameha Aerial View 1932

Taft Period (1906-1915)

Part of the Harbor Defense of Pearl Harbor.

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World War I (1917-1918)

**Fort Kamehameha World War I Battery** (edit list)
Battery Click on Battery links below	No.	Caliber	Type Mount	Service Years	Battery Cost	Notes
Battery Closson	2	12"	Barbette LR	1917-1920-1920-1948	$ 302,729	Ahua Point Casemated 1942
Battery Henry Adair	2	6"	Barbette	1916-1917-1917-1919	$ 59,045	Ford Island East Land Defense
Battery Boyd	2	6"	Barbette	1916-1917-1917-1919	$ 44,608	Ford Island West Land Defense
Battery Barri	2	4.7"	Armstrong	1914-1915-1915-1921	$ 29,043	Bishop Point
Battery Chandler	2	3"	Barbette	1914-1915-1915-1942	$ 26,923	Bishop Point
Source: CDSG

World War II (1941-1945)

**Fort Kamehameha World War II Battery** (edit list)
Battery Click on Battery links below	No.	Caliber	Type Mount	Service Years	Battery Cost	Notes
Battery Ahua	3	5"	Navy Pedestal	1942-1944	$ ?	Ahua Point
Battery AMTB - Fort Kamehameha	2	90mm	Fixed	1943-1946	$ ?	No. 2
Battery 155 - Fort Weaver	4	155mm	Panama Mounts	1934-1934-1934-194?	$ 5,912
Battery 155 - Oneula Beach	4	155mm	Panama Mounts	1937-1937-1937-194?	$ 8,349
Battery 155 - Barber's Point	4	155mm	Panama Mounts	1937-1937-1937-194?	$ 5,175
Battery 240 - Quadrupod	2	240mm	Schneiders	1941-1941-1941-194?	$ 4,798
Source: CDSG

Current Status

Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii.

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1946877

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Location: Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii.

Maps & Images

Lat: 21.323333 Long: -157.959444

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Elevation: 0'

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 245
CDSG

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