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The Harbor Defenses of San Diego (CDSG)

Second HDSD Page: More detail on forts FORT EMORY /Coronado Heights /Former Navy radio facility, currently used for training / KK

#134/2/16″/ CBC /1944 NC /unofficially named Gatchell
Grant (#239) /2 / 6″/ SBC/ 1943-1946/
Imperial / 4/ 155 mm/ PM
AMTB Cortez / 2/ 90 mm / F /1943-1946 / Coronodo Beach MR, Silver Strand, […]

2021-09-13T13:27:36+00:00U.S. Pacific Coast|

The Harbor Defenses of Los Angeles (CDSG)

Second HDLA Page: More detail and references on the Forts

Bolsa Chica Military Reservation / north of Huntington Beach / private, state reserve /K
#128/2-16″ / CBC/1944 NC / destroyed
Harrison (#242) /2- 6″/ SBC /1944-1948/ destroyed
unnamed /2-155 mm / PM /1942 /

FORT MacARTHUR (Upper & Lower ) /San Pedro/ 1885-1975/ Air Force housing, […]

2021-09-13T13:26:46+00:00U.S. Pacific Coast|

The Harbor Defenses of San Francisco (CDSG)

Second HDSF page: More detail on the forts and reference links Milagra Ridge Military Reservation / Pacifica / Golden Gate National Recreation Area / KK
#130 /2 /16″/ CBC / NB
#244 / 2/ 6″/ SBC /1948-1950 / armed post war, guns from Ft. Columbia

FORT FUNSTON / Lake Merced /1917-1975 / Golden Gate National […]

2021-09-13T13:23:18+00:00U.S. Pacific Coast|

The Harbor Defenses of Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor (temporary)

Willapa FortWiki Grays FortWiki North Cove, Shoalwater Indian Reservation (Willapa Bay) /K
unnamed/4/12″/M/1919-1919
unnamed/2/ 6″/P/1919-1932/guns from Ft. Stevens, later moved to Ft. Worden, covered
unnamed/2/155 mm/PM//one remains

Westport , private /K
unnamed/4/12″/M/1919/covered
#1/4/12″/RM/1942/at Pt. Brown
#2/2/ 6″/NP/1942-1944/one empl remains
unnamed/4/ 6″/NP/1942-/at Point Brown, one empl. remains
unnamed/2/ 5″/BP/1919-1919/guns from Lee, Ft. Flagler, one empl. remains
North/2/155 mm/PM/1942/ destroyed
South/2/155 mm/PM/1942/ on school […]

2021-05-10T21:52:16+00:00U.S. Pacific Coast|

The Harbor Defenses of Tampa Bay

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Documentation for the 2024 CDSG Special Tour: RCWs, RCBs, Inspection reports, Battery Construction correspondance, enginerr notebook, maps, a history of the Tampa Bay defenses, all in a zip file. Click the link to download and save to your computer.

Tampa zip file

FORT DADE / Egmont Key / 1899-(1928)/ state park […]

2023-10-11T15:39:02+00:00U.S. Gulf Coast|

The Harbor Defenses of Pensacola

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FORT PICKENS /Santa Rosa Island /1845-(1947)/ Gulf Islands National Seashore / MD, MC /KKKK
Langdon/2/12″/BCLR/1923-1947/casemated-WWII
Worth/8/12″/M/1899-1942/4 guns removed 1918, HECP-HDCP 1943
Pensacola/2/12″/DC/1899-1935
Cullum/2/10″/DC/1898-1918/ modified for 2 – 3″ from Trueman 1942
Sevier/2/10″/DC/1898-1934
Cooper/2/ 6″/DC/1906-1917/1 gun repl. 1976, (from West Point) SE
#234/2/ 6″/SBC/ 194? NA /2 guns repl. 1976 (from Ft. J. Custis) SE
Van Swearingen/2/4.7″/A/1898-1921/one gun & […]

2022-08-11T02:54:35+00:00U.S. Gulf Coast|