Battery Pratt
Battery Pratt (1900-1945) - Battery Pratt was built at Fort Stevens between May 1899 and Jun 1900 at a cost of $59,860.19 and was transfered for service 28 Jun 1900. Battery Pratt was named after Bvt. Capt. James P. Pratt who was killed 29 May 1864 at Bethesda Church, VA, during the U.S. Civil War.
Battery Pratt History
A concrete Endicott Period battery facing the mouth of the Columbia River with 2, 6" rifles on disappearing carriages. Designed to supplement the 6, 10" rifles of the West Battery and upgraded just before World War II to protect the Columbia River mine fields. A separate Command station was located to the right of the Battery on top of a tall metal column. Deactivated in 1945 at the close of World War II.
| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6" Rifle | 277.85" | M1897MI | 4 | Watervliet | Disappearing, M1898, #7, Watertown |
1900-1943 | Tubes returned to Watervliet Nov 1943 | |
| 2 | 6" Rifle | 277.85" | M1897MI | 11 | Watervliet | Disappearing, M1898, #8, Watertown |
1900-1943 | Tubes returned to Watervliet Nov 1943 | |
| Source: CDSG | |||||||||
Current Status
Battery is in good condition accessible to the public. The original guns and carriages are gone but a replica of one disappearing gun is being built and installed, see the picture gallery below.
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Location: On Fort Stevens, Oregon Maps & Images Lat: 46.207157 Long: -123.966891 |
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Visited: 18 May 2008
Battery Pratt Picture Gallery
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