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Revision as of 21:03, 26 November 2013
Fort Weaver (1899-1948) - A Taft Period Coastal Fort first established as Iroquois Point Military Reservation in 1899 on Keahi Point, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Named Fort Weaver in 1922 after Major General Erasmus M. Weaver Jr., Chief of the Coast Artillery Corps (1911-1918). Abandoned in 1948.
Taft Period (1906-1915)
Part of the Harbor Defense of Pearl Harbor.
World War I (1917-1918)
World War II (1941-1945)
| Battery Click on Battery links below |
No. | Caliber | Type Mount | Service Years | Battery Cost | Notes |
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| Battery AMTB - Fort Weaver | 2 | 90mm | Fixed | 1943-1945 | $ ? | |
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Current Status
No remains now a housing area, Honolulu County, Hawaii.
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1946878
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Location: Keahi Point, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Maps & Images Lat: 21.3205556 Long: -157.9822222 |
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 247
- CDSG
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