Fort Kamehameha
Fort Kamehameha (1907-1949) - A U.S. Army Endicott Period Coastal Fort first established as Fort Upton in 1907 on Queen Emma Point, Oahu Island, Honolulu County, Hawaii. First named Fort Upton in G.O. 15, 1909, after General Emory Upton, U.S. Civil War General. Renamed Fort Kamehameha in G.O. 245, 1909, after Kamehameha, first king of unified Hawaii. Abandoned as a fortification in 1949. Also known as Fort Kamehameha Military Reservation
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Endicott Period (1890-1910)
Part of the Harbor Defense of Pearl Harbor.
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World War I (1917-1918)
| Battery Click on Battery links below |
No. | Caliber | Type Mount | Service Years | Battery Cost | Notes |
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| Battery Closson | 2 | 12" | Barbette LR | 1917-1920-1920-1948 | $ 302,729 | Ahua Point Casemated 1942 |
| Battery Henry Adair | 2 | 6" | Barbette | 1916-1917-1917-1919 | $ 59,045 | Ford Island East Land Defense |
| Battery Boyd | 2 | 6" | Barbette | 1916-1917-1917-1919 | $ 44,608 | Ford Island West Land Defense |
| Battery Barri | 2 | 4.7" | Armstrong | 1914-1915-1915-1921 | $ 29,043 | Bishop Point |
| Battery Chandler | 2 | 3" | Barbette | 1914-1915-1915-1942 | $ 26,923 | Bishop Point |
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World War II (1941-1945)
| Battery Click on Battery links below |
No. | Caliber | Type Mount | Service Years | Battery Cost | Notes |
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| Battery Ahua | 3 | 5" | Navy Pedestal | 1942-1944 | $ ? | Ahua Point |
| Battery AMTB - Fort Kamehameha | 2 | 90mm | Fixed | 1943-1946 | $ ? | No. 2 |
| Battery 155 - Fort Weaver | 4 | 155mm | Panama Mounts | 1934-1934-1934-194? | $ 5,912 | |
| Battery 155 - Oneula Beach | 4 | 155mm | Panama Mounts | 1937-1937-1937-194? | $ 8,349 | |
| Battery 155 - Barber's Point | 4 | 155mm | Panama Mounts | 1937-1937-1937-194? | $ 5,175 | |
| Battery 240 - Quadrupod | 2 | 240mm | Schneiders | 1941-1941-1941-194? | $ 4,798 | |
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Current Status
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii.
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1946877
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Location: Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Maps & Images Lat: 21.323333 Long: -157.959444 |
Sources:
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 245
- CDSG
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