Battery Wagner (1)
Battery Wagner (1) (1902-1920) - Battery Wagner is a concrete Endicott Period 12" mortar battery located on Fort Winfield Scott, California. Named after Col. Arthur Wagner a veteran of the Spanish-American War. The Battery was formed in 1902 from the existing mortar pits C and D of Battery Howe. All mortars were removed by 1920, possibly in 1918 during World War I.
Battery Wagner (1) History
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Battery Howe was originally built with sixteen 12" M1886 and M1886M rifled mortars on M1891 mortar carriages in a concrete battery with four mortar pits (A-D). In 1902 mortar pits C and D were renamed Battery Wagner and pits A and B retained the Battery Howe name.
Each of the mortars was capable of firing a seven hundred pound shell eight miles.
| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-1 | 12" Mortar | 129" | M1886 | 8 | Builders | Mortar M1891, 34, Builders | 1900-1920 | See note 1 & 2 | |
| A-2 | 12" Mortar | 129" | M1886 | 6 | Builders | Mortar M1891, 32, Builders | 1900-1920 | See note 1 & 2 | |
| A-3 | 12" Mortar | 129" | M1886 | 7 | Builders | Mortar M1891, 33, Builders | 1900-1920 | See note 1 & 2 | |
| A-4 | 12" Mortar | 129" | M1886 | 5 | Builders | Mortar M1891, 31, Builders | 1900-1920 | See note 1 & 2 | |
| B-1 | 12" Mortar | 129" | M1886M | 40 | Builders | Mortar M1891, 51, Robert Poole | 1900-1920 | See note 1 & 2 | |
| B-2 | 12" Mortar | 129" | M1886M | 42 | Builders | Mortar M1891, 40, Robert Poole | 1900-1920 | See note 1 & 2 | |
| B-3 | 12" Mortar | 129" | M1886M | 36 | Builders | Mortar M1891, 45, Robert Poole | 1900-1920 | See note 1 & 2 | |
| B-4 | 12" Mortar | 129" | M1886M | 53 | Builders | Mortar M1891, 47, Robert Poole | 1900-1920 | See note 1 & 2 | |
| Source: RCW Form 1, 1 Mar 1920, RCB 31 Dec 1903, RCB 31 Dec 1909, CDSG Note 1: Mortars and carriages were ordered scrapped in accordance with Ordnance Dept. Instructions, 26 May 1920. CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA Note 2: Designated part of Battery Wagner (1) 1906. | |||||||||
Current Status
No guns or carriages are in place. Both pits are buried are buried.
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Location: Fort Winfield Scott, California Maps & Images Lat: 37.802222 Long: -122.471944 |
Sources:
- Coast Defense Study Group, Press, Digital Library, Forums
- Angelfire
- California Military Museum
- National Park Service
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