Category:Fort Stevens
Fort Stevens (1865-1947) - Named for General Isaac Stevens a Governor of the Washington Territory. The fort was built under supervision of the United States Engineers starting in 1863, and was first occupied by a company of the Eighth California Volunteers, 25 April 1865. The garrison was withdrawn in 1882 and the post placed in the charge of an ordinance sergeant. In 1897 Fort Stevens underwent a massive re-fortification program to improve coastal defense that resulted in the construction of 8 concrete batteries around the original site.
Fort Stevens was further modified during World War II and had the distinction of being the only stateside installation attacked by enemy forces since the war of 1812 when a Japanese submarine I25 fired 17 shells close to the fort. After the war Fort Stevens was deactivated and by 1947 all the armament had been removed. Oregon State Parks leased the old fort area in 1975 and is restoring and interpreting the fort.
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<gmap lat="46.206953" long="-123.962688" zoom="2" helper="off" width="500" height="400" type="hybrid"> points: 46.206953|-123.962688|Location of the original fort </gmap> |
Location: Situated at the mouth of the Columbia River and located nine miles from Astoria in Clatsop County, Oregon Maps & Images Lat: 46.206953 Long: -123.962688 |
Source: Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads
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