Battery Elijah O’Flyng

Battery O’Flyng 2003

Battery Name: Elijah O’Flyng
Harbor: Columbia River
Location: Fort Canby

Eponym: Ensign Elijah T. O’Flyng, died Sept. 18, 1814 of wounds received at the Battle of Ft. Erie, Upper Canada. GO 194, Dec. 27, 1904.

Current status: emplacement clean, accessible by trail. On Coast Guard property.

Information from RCW Form 1 (date): June 30, 1921
Battery commenced: Aug. 1904
Battery completed: Dec. 1905
Date of transfer: Feb. 27, 1906
Material of construction: concrete
Portland or Rosendale cement: portland
Cost to date of transfer: $39,290.00
Type of data transmission: none
Trunnion elevation in battery: 227.0′
Datum plane: MLLW
Sources of electric current: central power plant
Max. kw. Required for lights: 2.8 kW
Max. kw. Required for motors: none

RCW Form 5 (date): none

Armament: 3 gun emplacements

# 1: Cal., 6″: Length, 309.8″: Model, 1905: Serial No., 1: Manufacturer, Watervliet: Mounted, CAC
# 1: Carriage Type, Dis. LF: Model, 1903: Serial No., 84: Manufacturer, So. Bethlehem: Motor, none
# 1: Hoist Type, none

# 2: Cal., 6″: Length, 309.8″: Model, 1905: Serial No., 11: Manufacturer, Watervliet: Mounted, CAC
# 2: Carriage Type, Dis. LF: Model, 1903: Serial No., 85: Manufacturer, So. Bethlehem: Motor, none
# 2: Hoist Type, none

Historical Notes and Comments: guns moved to Battery Allen, 1918, carriages sold & removed.