Battery Harris
Battery Harris (1900-1917) - Battery Harris was a concrete Endicott Period 5" gun battery located on Fort Howard, Maryland. The Battery was named for ..... Harris, ..... . Battery construction started in 1897, was completed in 1898 and transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use 27 Oct 1900 at a total cost of $ 17,400.00. Deactivated in 1917.
Battery Harris History
Part of the Harbor Defense of Baltimore.
Battery Harris was a reinforced concrete Endicott Period 5" gun battery with two M1897 guns mounted on M1896 balance pillar mounts.
The battery consisted of two 5" gun emplacements 56' apart with a separate magazine for each gun emplacement.
The carriages were sent to Fort Howard on 6 Apr 1900 from Derick & Harvey. The Battery was deactivated in 1917 and the guns were removed on 5 Oct 1917 and shipped to Morgan Engineering Company for shipment to the war in France. The mounts were scrapped on 12 Dec 1918.
After the deactivation of Battery Harris a C.R.F. Station for Battery Clagett was built over the #2 gun emplacement. It was accepted 19 Nov 1920 at a cost of $ 2,285.
| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5" Rifle | 225" | M1897 | 10 | Bethlehem | Balanced Pillar, M1896, #23, Detrick & Harvey | 1900-1917 | See Note 1 Rounds fired 64? | |
| 2 | 5" Rifle | 225" | M1897 | 6 | Bethlehem | Balanced Pillar, M1896, #22, Detrick & Harvey | 1900-1917 | See Note 1 Rounds fired 53 | |
| Source: Coast Defense Study Group, RCW Form 1 1 Feb 1919, Berhow, Mark A. ed, American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide, 2nd Edition, CDSG Press, McLean, VA, 2004, ISBN 0-9748167-0-1, pages 88, 208 Note 1: CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA, CDSG gun carriage card collection from NARA. | |||||||||
Current Status
On Fort Howard County Park, Maryland. No period guns or carriages are in place.
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Location:On Fort Howard County Park, Maryland. Maps & Images Lat: 39.1964094 Long: -76.4420986 |
Sources:
- Coast Defense Study Group, CDSG Press, CDSG Digital Library
- U.S. Corps of Engineers, Report of Completed Works - Seacoast Fortifications (RCW) from NARA, CDSG file: HowardRCW.pdf
- Form 7, page 14, dated 1 Apr 1922
- Form 1, page 13, dated 1 May 1922
- CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA, CDSG file: 5in Guns 001.pdf, page 1-2.
- CDSG gun carriage card collection from NARA, CDSG file: 5in Carriages 001.pdf , page 3.
- U.S. Corps of Engineers, Engineering Journal from NARA, CDSG file: EngBalt.pdf, pages 14-18.
- U.S. Corps of Engineers, Report of Completed Batteries, Etc. (RCB) from NARA, CDSG file: baltimoreRCB.pdf
- Berhow, Mark A. ed, American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide, 2nd Edition, CDSG Press, McLean, VA, 2004, ISBN 0-9748167-0-1, pages 88, 208.
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Battery Harris Gun Emplacement #1 -
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