Hawaiian AMTB Batteries

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Hawaiian AMTB Batteries (1943-1945) - In 1942 the Hawaiian Coast Artillery Chief, Major General Henry T. Burgin, initiated action to construct six AMTB batteries, two each for Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, and Kaneohe Bay. Construction of the six AMTB batteries began in July 1943, and was completed by the end of 1943. The AMTB batteries normally involved two fixed and two mobile 90mm and some supporting 37mm guns. The AMTB batteries had dual missions of harbor protection from fast motor torpedo boats and anti-aircraft defense.

Battery AMTB - Kualoa

Sources:

• Gaines, Willian C., A History of Fort De Russy, The Coast Defense Study Group Journal, Vol 24, Issue 4, November 2010, page 47-95