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, city park /(M)/ KKKK
Osgood/1/14″ / DC/1917-1944 / gun remodeled 1923, battery being restored
Farley/1/14″ / DC/1917-1944
Leary/1/14″ / DC/1917-1944/converted to HECP, 1944
Merriam/1/14″/ DC/1917-1944/converted to HECP, 1944
“Erwin”/2/14″/RY/1926-1946/1 empl. L.R. (covered), 2 empl. L.R. (dest)
Barlow/4/12″/M/1917-1944
Saxton/4/12″/M/1917-1944
#241/2/ 6″/SBC/1948-1956/armed post-war, Generators still in place
JAAN #1/2/ 3″/P/1942-1946/L. R. (Cabrillo Beach), guns from Lodor
AMTB Gaffey Bulge/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946
AMTB Navy Field/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/L. R., buried?
unnamed /2/155 mm/ PM/1942

White Point Military Reservation /San Pedro /Air Force housing, city property /KK
Bunker (#127)/2/16″/CBC/1944-1948/

Long Point Military Reservation /Pt. Vicente (Rancho Palos Verdes) city park /KK
Barnes (#240) /2/ 6″/SBC/1944-195?/Pt. Vicente
unnamed /2/155 mm/ PM/1942/Long Point, dest.

Other locations
“Eubanks”/2/ 8″/RY/1942-1945/Manhattan Beach, destroyed
Lodor/4/ 3″/P/1919-1927/Deadman’s Island, destroyed
JAAN #2/2/ 3″/P/1942-1946/Bluff Park, Long Beach, guns from Lodor
AMTB Terminal Is./2/90 mm/ F/1943-1946/Terminal Island, covered
AMTB Bluff Park/2/90 mm/ F/1943-1946/Bluff Park, Long Beach, buried?
unnamed /3/155 mm/ PM/1942/Costa Mesa (only two guns assigned), dest
unnamed /3/155 mm/ PM/1942/Rocky Point (only two guns assigned), dest
unnamed /2/155 mm/ PM/1942/El Segundo/Hyperion, orig 2 6-in NP, dest.
unnamed /2/155 mm/ PM/1942/ Playa Del Rey, destoyed
unnamed /2/155 mm/ PM/1942/ Pacific Palisades, destroyed
unnamed /2/155 mm/ PM/1942/ Port Hueneme, buried/destroyed
unnamed /2/155 mm/ PM/1942/ Oxnard, destroyed
unnamed /2/155 mm/ PM/1942/ Ventura, in surf 1992
unnamed /2/155 mm/ PM/1942/ Santa Barbara, destroyed/

Los Angeles, CA: 1921 Maps PDF (225K) 6 pages $0.30/1935 Maps PDF (224K) 5 pages $0.25/1944 Maps PDF (335K) 5 pages $0.25

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