Battery Lazear
Battery Lazear (1901-1920) - Battery Lazear was a concrete Endicott Period 3" gun battery located on Fort Howard, Maryland. The Battery was named for ..... Lazear, ..... . Battery construction started in 1899, was completed in 1900 and transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use 8 May 1901 at a total cost of $ 10,445.00. Deactivated in 1920.
Battery Lazear History
Part of the Harbor Defense of Baltimore.
Battery Lazear was a reinforced concrete Endicott Period 3" gun battery with two M1898MI guns mounted on M1898 masking parapet carriages.
The battery consisted of two 3" gun emplacements 30' apart separated by the main battery structure with a separate magazine for each gun emplacement. A C.R.F. station for the battery was completed 19 Nov 1920 after the battery had been deactivated. The C.R.F. station was a small concrete structure located about 200' off the left flank of Battery Lazear.
The gun mounts were sent to Fort Howard on 14 Mar 1904 from Driggs-Seabury. The Battery was deactivated in 1920 and the guns were removed and later shipped on 11 Aug 1920 to Watervliet. The #67 mount was sent to Aberdeen on 7 Jan 1921 and the #78 mount was scrapped on 20 May 1920.
| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3" Rifle | 154.5" | M1898MI | 78 | Driggs-Seabury | Masking Parapet, M1898, #78, Driggs-Seabury |
1904-1920 | See Note 1 | |
| 2 | 3" Rifle | 154.5" | M1898MI | 67 | Driggs-Seabury | Masking Parapet, M1898, #67, Driggs-Seabury |
1904-1920 | See Note 1 | |
| Source: CDSG, RCW Form 1 1 May 1920, Berhow, Mark A. ed, American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide, 2nd Edition, CDSG Press, McLean, VA, 2004, ISBN 0-9748167-0-1, pages 70, 208 Note 1: CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA | |||||||||
Current Status
On Fort Howard VA Hospital grounds, Maryland. The battery itself has been destroyed and no period guns or carriages are in place.
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Location:Fort Howard VA Hospital grounds, Maryland. Maps & Images Lat: 39.197087 Long: -76.4460683 |
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 18, dated 1 Jan 1920
- Form 1, page 17, dated 1 May 1922
- CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA, CDSG file: 3in M1898 Guns.pdf, page 2, 9, 11.
- CDSG gun carriage card collection from NARA, CDSG file: 3in M1898 Carriages.pdf, page 6, 7, 11.
- 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 70, 209.
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