Fort McGilvray
Fort McGilvray (1942-1944) - A World War II Coastal Fort first established in 1942 on Caines Head, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska. Named Fort McGilvray in G.O. 17, 2 Apr 1943, after Captain John McGilvray. Abandoned in 1944.
World War II (1941-1945)
Part of the Harbor Defense of Seward.
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No. | Caliber | Type Mount | Service Years | Battery Cost | Notes |
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| Battery 293 | 2 | 6" | Shielded Barbette | 1943-NC-1944-1944 | $ ? | Tac 2 99% Complete |
| Battery AMTB - Lowell Point | 2 2 |
90mm 90mm |
T3-Fixed M1A1-Mobile |
1943-1943-1943-1944 | $ ? | RCW indicates 4-90mm guns |
| Battery 155 - Rocky Point (2) | 4 | 155mm | Panama Mount | 194?-194?-1943-1944 | $ ? | Tac 1 |
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Current Status
Part of Caines Head State Recreation Area, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 2436012
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Location: Caines Head, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska. Maps & Images Lat: 59.9867 Long: -149.393 |
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 23
- U.S.Army, Supplement to the Harbor Defense Project Harbor Defenses of Seward, (SHDSR), 1944, CDSG
- CDSG
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