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The Harbor Defenses of Mobile

More info FORT MORGAN /Mobile Point / 1833-(1928) /state park /MD, MC /KKKK
Dearborn/8/12″/M/1901-1928
Duportail/2/12″/DC/1900-1928
Test/1/10″/DC/1916-1918/mostly buried
Bowyer/4/ 8″/DC/1898-1918//
Thomas/2/4.7″/A/1899-1918
Schenck/2/ 3″/MP/1900-1923
&/1/ 3″/P/1900-1923
unnamed/2/155 mm/PM/1942-1944/1 covered

FORT GAINES /Dauphin Island / 1821-(1928) / county park /KKK
unnamed/2/ 8″/Rod/1898-1899/covered by Stanton #1
Stanton/3/ 6″/DC/1901-1928
Terrett/3/ 3″/MP/1901-1923

Other Temp sites /?
unnamed/2/155 mm/PM/ Pascagoula, MS

Mobile Bay, AL: 1921 Maps PDF (98K) 4 pages […]

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The Harbor Defenses of the Mississippi

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Documents for the New Orleans CDSG Conference in 2020

CDSG Documents for the Modern-era defenses of the Mississippi river (RCBs, RCWs, maps, Quartermaster building records, battery construction correspondence files, Engineer notebook) zip file 154 MB, click link to download zip file.

FORT ST. PHILIP / north bank / 1843-(1928) 1943 / […]

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The Harbor Defenses of Galveston

More info FORT TRAVIS /Bolivar Point (-1947) / county park /KK
Kimble/2/12″/BCLR/1922-1943/guns to Moultrie
Davis/2/ 8″/DC/1900-1918/deteriorating
#236/2/ 6″/SBC/ 194? NA
Ernst/3/ 3″/MP/1900-1946/converted to 3-in P

FORT SAN JACINTO / Fort Point / (-1947) / Corps of Eng. prop /MD, MC /K
Mercer/8/12″/M/1898-1943/ partially buried in mud
Heileman/2/10″/DC/1899-1943/ 1 gun ARF, destroyed
#235/2/ 6″/SBC/1944-1946/ partially buried
Hogan/2/ 4.7″/A/1898-1917/ partially destroyed
Croghan/2/ 3″/MP/1911-1946/ converted […]

dev2021-05-10T21:44:39+00:00U.S. Gulf Coast|

Temporary Harbor Defenses of Beaufort, NC

Unnamed/ 2-6″/ NP/ 1942-1945/ near Fort Macon, buried
Lookout/ 2-5″/ NP/ 1942-1945/ Cape Lookout in surf

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The Harbor Defenses of Cape Fear River

More info FORT CASWELL /Oak Island/ (-1928?)/ church camp/ MD, MC/ KKKKK
Bagley/ 8-12″/ M/ 1903-1925/ 1 gun replaced 1912
Caswell/ 2-12″/ BC/ 1899-1925/ modified for swimming pool
Swift/ 4-8″/ DC/ 1898-1920/ 2 guns removed 1917
New Madison/ 2-6″/ DC/ 1905-1917
McDonough/ 1-5″/ BP/ 1902-1905/ guns to Shipp
Shipp/ 2-5″/ BP/ 1901-1919/ originally 1 emplacement
Madison/ 1-4.7″/ A/ 1899-1904/ […]

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The Harbor Defenses of Charleston

More info Documents for the Charleston CDSG Conference in 2021

CDSG Documents for the Modern-era defenses of Charleston, South Carolina (RCBs, RCWs, maps, Quartermaster building records, battery construction correspondence files, Engineer notebook, aerial photos) zip file 881 MB, click link to download zip file.

Marshall Military Reservation/ […]

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The Harbor Defenses of Port Royal Sound

More info Documents for the Charleston CDSG Conference in 2021

CDSG Documents for the Modern-era defenses of Port Royal Sound, South Carolina (RCBs, RCWs, maps, Quartermaster building records, battery construction correspondence files, Engineer notebook) zip file 32 MB, click link to download zip file.

FORT FREMONT /St. […]

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The Harbor Defenses of Savannah

More info Documents for the Charleston CDSG Conference in 2021

CDSG Documents for the Modern-era defenses of Savannah, Georgia and St. John’s River, Florida (RCBs, RCWs, maps, Quartermaster building records, battery construction correspondence files, Engineer notebook, aerial photos) zip file 537 MB, click link to download zip file.

FORT SCREVEN / Tybee Island […]

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The Harbor Defenses of Eastern New York

More info FORT SLOCUM/ Davids Island/ 1863-(1928)/ city property/ K
Haskin / 8-12″ / M /1897-1919
Overton /8-12″/M /1897-1919/ Pit A destroyed
“Practice” / 2-8″/ Rod/ 1896-1899/ partially buried
Kinney/ 2-6″/ P/ 1904-1917/ destroyed, guns to Tilden
Fraser/ 2-5″/ P/ 1901-1917/ destroyed

FORT SCHUYLER/ Throg’s Neck/ 1833-(1928)/ New York State Maritime Acadamy/ MC/ K
Gansevoort/ 2-12″/ DC/ 1899-1935/ 1 […]

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The Harbor Defenses of Southern New York

More info FORT TILDEN/ Rockaway/ 1926-1945/Gateway National Recreation Area/ KKK
Harris/ 2-16″/BCLRA/ 1924-1948/ casemated WWII
Unnamed/ 4-12″/ M/ 1917-1919/at NAS Rockaway
Kessler (West)/ 2-6″/ P/ 1917-1947/ from Kinney, Slocum, rebuilt 1941-42
#220/ 2-6″/ P/ 1942-1946/ part. buried, NA?
Ferguson (East)/ 2-6″/ P/ 1917-1942/ from Burke, Hamilton, b uried

FORT HAMILTON/ East Narrows, Brooklyn/ 1831/ […]

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