Fort Story
Fort Story (1917-Cur) -
History of Fort Story
Endicott Period
World War II
| Battery Click on Battery links below |
No. | Caliber | Type Mount | Service Years | Battery Cost | Notes |
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| Battery 120 Battery Ketcham |
2 | 16" | LR Casemated Barbette | 1941-1943-1943-1948 | $ 1,553,592 | Navy Gun (16" 1940 Program) |
| Battery 121 | 2 | 16" | LR Casemated Barbette | 1942-1943-1943-1948 | $ 1,881,850 | Navy Gun (16" 1940 Program) |
| Battery 224 Battery Worcester |
2 | 6" | Pedestal Mount | 1940-1941-1941-1947 | $ ? | Prototype for 200 series |
| Battery 225 Battery Cramer |
2 | 6" | LR Shielded Barbette | 1941-1942-1943-1948 | $ 175,832 | |
| Battery 226 | 2 | 6" | LR Shielded Barbette | 1942-1943-1943-1949 | $ 234,602 | |
| Battery AMTB 19 - Fort Story Examination Battery |
2 | 3" | Pedestal Mount | 1942-1945 | $ ? | Guns from Battery Irwin, Fort Monroe |
| Battery 155 - Fort Story (1) | 4 | 155mm | Mobile Panama Mounts | 1942-194? | $ ? | |
| Battery 155 - Fort Story (2) | 4 | 155mm | Mobile Panama Mounts | 1942-194? | $ ? | |
| Battery AMTB 21 - Fort Story | 2 | 90mm | Fixed Pedestal Mounts | 1942-1942-1943-1945 | $ 5,844 | Gun pads buried |
| Battery AMTB 22 - Fort Story | 2 | 90mm | Fixed Pedestal Mounts | 1943-1950 | $ ? | In surf |
| Source: CDSG | ||||||
Current Status
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Location: Located in Virginia's Hampton Roads harbor on a man-made island adjacent to the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel entrance. Access by boat. Maps & Images Lat: 36.98592 Long: -76.30122 |
Sources:
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 824
- NorthAmericanForts.com
- Coast Defense Study Group, CDSG Press, CDSG Digital Library
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