Seacoast Battery - West Point

Seacoast Battery - West Point (1836-1906) - A seacoast training battery first established between 1836 and 1860 at West Point, Orange County, New York. Abandoned and site overbuilt by parking lot.

Seacoast Battery 8" M1888 Rifle on Barbette Carriage

History of Seacoast Battery - West Point

Seacoast Battery Map circa 1883

Established sometime between 1836-1860 as a training platform for USMA cadets on fixed seacoast armament. This battery mounted a variety of seacoast guns and the armament set changed over the years. The last large caliber addition to the battery was an 8" M1888 breech-loading rifled gun on a barbette carriage.

The battery was described as being on the north end of the post looking north up the river below the Siege and Mortar Battery.

Described by the Board of Visitors in their 1897 report as used for the instruction cadets in heavy gun drill. The armament in 1897 included:

Seacoast Battery Armament 1897

(1) 8-inch steel breech-loading rifle and barbette carriage (1) 15-inch Rodman smoothbore and front-pintle barbette carriage with hydraulic buffer (1) 12-inch breach-loading on service mortar carriage (5) 8-inch converted rifles with front-pintle barbette carriages and hydraulic buffers

Abandoned in 1906.

Current Status

Overbuilt by a parking lot at West Point, Orange County, New York. No remains and no marker.

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Location: Trophy Point, West Point, Orange County, New York. Maps & Images Lat: 41.39708 Long: -73.95699 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: .....'

See Also:

• United States Military Academy
• West Point Portal

Sources:

• Report of the Board of Visitors to the United States Military Academy for the Year 1897, GPO, Google Books.

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