Battery Wallace (1)

Battery Wallace (1) (1900-1917) - Battery Wallace was a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period 8 inch coastal gun battery on Fort McDowell, California. The battery was named in S.O. 16, 14 Feb 1902 after 1st Lt. Robert B. Wallace, 2nd U.S. Cavalry, who died 13 Mar 1900 of wounds received in action at Caloocan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on 10 Feb 1899. Battery construction started in 1899, was completed in 1900 and transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use 1 Aug 190 at a cost of $40,420.42. Deactivated in 1917.

Battery Wallace (1) History

Part of the Harbor Defense of San Francisco.

Endicott Period

Originally built as an Endicott Period concrete coastal gun battery with one 8" M1888 gun mounted on an M1896 Disappearing carriage. The Battery had a single Back Delivery Hodges shell hoist and no powder hoists. The Battery electric plant was a 10 hp Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine belted to a 6 kw, 120 volt Eddy Generator. No traversing, elevating, depressing or retracting motors were installed on the carriage and the power plant was primarily for lighting.

The gun was removed from Battery Wallace 31 Dec 1917 and shipped to Watervliet Arsenal. The carriage was scrapped at Fort McDowell in May of 1918.

**Battery Wallace Armament** (edit list)
Empl No	Caliber Type	Barrel Length	Model		Serial No	Manufacturer	Carriage	Service Dates	Notes
1	8" Rifle	278.5"	M1888MII		11	Bethlehem	Disappearing, M1896, #28, Watertown	1900-1917	See note 1
Source: RCW Form 1, 1 Mar 1920, 1 Oct 1927, CDSG, Berhow, Mark A. ed, American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide, 2nd Edition, CDSG Press, McLean, VA, 2004, ISBN 0-9748167-0-1, pages 110-111, 215 Note 1: Gun transferred 31 Dec 1917 to Watervliet Arsenal, carriage scrapped May 1918. CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA

World War I

Current Status

Part of Angel Island California State Park. No gun or mounts in place.

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Location: Fort McDowell, Angel Island, California

Maps & Images

Lat: 37.8575199 Long: -122.4405858

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Elevation: 235.5'

Sources:

Coast Defense Study Group, Press, Digital Library, Forums
Kent, Matthew W., Harbor Defenses of San Francisco - A Field Guide 1890 to 1950, Copyright 2009, Blurb, ISBN 978-1-61584-163-9, page 129

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