Battery Osgood-Farley
Battery Osgood-Farley (1916-1944) - Battery Osgood-Farley was a reinforced concrete Taft Period 14" gun battery located on Fort MacArthur, California. The Battery was constructed as a single two gun battery but each gun emplacement was designated as a separate battery. Gun emplacement #1 was named for and gun emplacement #2 was named for. Battery construction started 15 Sep 1916, was completed 10 Oct 1919 and transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use 10 Oct 1919 at a total cost of $211,427. Deactivated in 1944.
Battery Osgood-Farley History
Part of the Harbor Defense of Los Angeles.
Battery Osgood-Farley was a reinforced concrete Taft Period gun battery with 2, M1910, 14" guns mounted on M1907MI disappearing carriages. Constructed 1916-1919 and accepted in 1919.
| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14" Rifle | 48' 6" | M1910 | 13MI | Watervliet | Disappearing, M1907MI, #6, Watertown | 1923-1944 | Gun mounted 31 Jul 1923 | |
| 2 | 14" Rifle | 48' 6" | M1910 | 17MI | Watervliet | Disappearing, M1907MI, #21, Watertown | 1917-1944 | Gun mounted 30 Jun 1917 | |
| Source: Coast Defense Study Group, RCW Form 1 19 Jul 1924, Berhow, Mark A. ed, American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide, 2nd Edition, CDSG Press, McLean, VA, 2004, ISBN 0-9748167-0-1, pages 158-159 | |||||||||
Current Status
Destroyed
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Location: On Fort MacArthur, California. Maps & Images Lat: 33.73028 Long: -118.26889 |
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