Battery Wansboro
Battery Wansboro (1907-1945) - Battery Wansboro is a reinforced concrete Endicott Period 3- inch gun battery on Fort Flagler, Washington. The battery was named after 2nd Lt. Thomas A. Wansboro, who served in the 7th Infantry, and was killed July 1898 in the Spanish American War. Battery construction started in 1903, was completed in 1905 and transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use 23 Apr 1907 at a cost of $ 14,000.
Battery Wansboro History
Part of the Harbor Defense of Puget Sound. Battery Wansboro faces Admiralty Inlet on the east shore of Fort Flager in Washington State. The battery consisted of two, 3” M1903 guns on Pedestal Mount carriages, with two supporting magazines and a center storeroom. In October of 1943, both guns were exchanged with guns of the same model from Battery Walker at Fort Worden. In March of 1946, both guns and their carriages were processed for salvage.
After Fort Flagler was purchased as a state park, two 3” M1903 guns and carriages were brought over from Fort Wint in the Phiippines and installed for display.
| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3" Rifle | 170" | M1903 | 35 | Watervliet | Pedestal Mount, M1903, #16, Watertown | 1907-1946 | See Note 1 | |
| 2 | 3" Rifle | 170" | M1903 | 16 | Watervliet | Pedestal Mount, M1903, #79, Watertown | 1907-1946 | See Note 1 | |
| Source: Coast Defense Study Group, Berhow, Mark A. ed, American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide, 2nd Edition, CDSG Press, McLean, VA, 2004, ISBN 0-9748167-0-1, pages 74-75, 216 Note 1: Guns and carriages declared obsolete 18 Oct 1945 and processed for salvage 7 Mar 1946. CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA | |||||||||
Current Status
Part of the Fort Flagler State Park. The battery is accessible to the public with period guns on display. The battery’s magazines have 155mm powder canisters (empty) in racks on display behind mesh barriers.
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Location: Fort Flagler, Washington Maps & Images Lat: 48.092813 Long: -122.692976 |
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Visited: 5 October 2009
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Battery Wansboro #1 Magazine Display -
Battery Wansboro #2 Magazine Display
