Battery AMTB - Navy Field
Battery AMTB - Navy Field (1942-1946) - Battery AMTB - Navy Field was a reinforced concrete World War II 90mm gun battery operated as a sub-post of Fort MacArthur, California. AMTB stands for Anti Motor Torpedo Boat. Battery construction started Jun 1943, was completed Sep 1943 and transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use 4 May 1944. Deactivated in 1946.
Part of the Harbor Defense of Los Angeles.
Battery AMTB - Navy Field was a World War II gun battery with 2 M1 90MM guns mounted on M3 Pedestal Mounts.
| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 90mm Rifle | 50 Cal | M1 | 7175 | General Motors | Pedestal Mount, M3, #241, F B D | 1943-1946 | ||
| 2 | 90mm Rifle | 50 Cal | M1 | 5114 | Watervliet | Pedestal Mount, M3, #139, F B D | 1943-1946 | ||
| Source: RCW Part 1, 5 Dec 1944, 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 80-81 | |||||||||
Current Status
No gun or mounts in place
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Location: Fort MacArthur, Navy Field, California Maps & Images Lat: 33.73028 Long: -118.26889 |
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