Battery Quarles
Battery Quarles (1902-1941) - Battery Quarles was a reinforced concrete Endicott Period 10 inch gun battery on Fort Worden, Washington. The battery was named after Capt. Augustus Quarles who was killed August 30, 1847 at the Battle of Churubusco, Mexico. Battery construction started in 1898, was completed in 1900 and transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use 16 Jun 1902. Deactivated in 1941.
Battery Quarles History
Part of the Harbor Defense of Puget Sound.
As originally built Battery Quarles was a part of a larger seven gun unnamed battery that contained five 10" and two 12" guns, all in Barbette carriages. By 1909 the original 4-2-1 configuration of four 10" guns, two 12" guns and one 10" gun had been changed by swapping the last 10" gun with the first 12" gun to produce a 5-2 configuration. The final configuration by 31 Dec 1909 was the first two emplacements were Battery Randol with two 10" guns, Battery Quarles with three 10" guns and Battery Ash with two 12" guns.
| Battery Randol | Battery Quarles | Battery Ash | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emp1 | Emp2 | Emp3 | Emp4 | Emp5 | Emp6 | Emp7 | |
| Orig | 10" M1888MII #39 | 10" M1888MII #6 | 10" M1888MII #36 | 10" M1888MII #37 | 12" M1888MII #10 | 12" M1888MII #9 | 10" M1888 #11 |
| Final | 10" M1888MII #39 | 10" M1888MII #6 | 10" M1888MII #36 | 10" M1888MII #37 | 10" M1888 #11 | 12" M1888MII #10 | 12" M1888MII #9 |
Battery Quarles was a three gun 10" coastal gun battery armed with two M1888MII rifles and one M1888 rifle all mounted on M1893 Barbette carriages. It was positioned on the main gun line on Fort Worden's Artillery Hill.
| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10" Rifle | 367.25" | M1888MII | 36 | Bethlehem | Barbette, M1893, #9, Morgan | 1902-1941 | Rounds fired: 76 See Note 1 | |
| 2 | 10" Rifle | 367.25" | M1888MII | 37 | Bethlehem | Barbette, M1893, #1, Watertown | 1902-1941 | Rounds fired: 77 See Note 1 | |
| 3 | 10" Rifle | 367.25" | M1888 | 12 | Watervliet | Barbette, M1893, #11, Watertown | 1902-1941 | Rounds fired: 61 See Note 1 | |
| Source: RCW Form 1,Aug 1921, Coast Defense Study Group, Berhow, Mark A. ed, American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide, 2nd Edition, CDSG Press, McLean, VA, 2004, ISBN 0-9748167-0-1, pages 120-121, 217 Note 1: Guns & Carriages sent from Fort Worden to York Safe & Lock, Canada, 12 May 1941, CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA | |||||||||
Current Status
Part of the Fort Worden State Park. No gun or mounts in place.
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Location: Artillery Hill, Fort Worden, Washington Maps & Images Lat: 48.140533 Long: -122.765672 |
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