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 Brig. Gen. Henry Brown Osgood Jr and gun emplacement #2 was named for Brig. Gen. Joseph Pearson Farley. 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. Battery declared surplus 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. Gun # 2 was mounted 30 Jun 1917 and gun # 1 was mounted 31 Jul 1923. Battery declared surplus in 1944 and the guns were scrapped sometime after 1946.
These 14 inch guns had a range of 14 miles with a 1,515 lb projectile.
| 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
Battery is in good condition and in use by the Fort MacArthur Museum since 1985.
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Location: On the Upper Reservation of Fort MacArthur, California. Maps & Images Lat: 33.7118103 Long: -118.2959747 |
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