Battery Lyman Mishler

Battery Name: Lyman Mishler
Harbor: Columbia River
Location: Fort Stevens

Eponym: Brevet Capt. Lyman Mishler, killed in action at Valverde, NM, Feb. 21, 1862, G.O. 194, Dec. 27, 1904

Current status: Battery Mishler is being maintained by the Oregon State parks. The interior is visited during designated

Battery commenced: Aug. 1898
Battery completed: June 1900
Date of transfer: June 28, 1900
Material of construction: concrete
Portland or Rosendale cement: Portland
Cost to date of transfer: $302,014.00 (cost includes Batteries Lewis & Walker)
Type of data transmission: none
Trunnion elevation in battery: #1 34.67′, #2 34.72′
Datum plane: MLLW
Sources of electric current: central or reserve power plant
Max. kw. Required for lights: 6.9 kW
Max. kw. Required for motors: 7.2 kW
RCW Form 5: none

Armament: 2 gun emplacements

# 1: Cal., 10″: Length, 367.25″: Model, 1888MII: Serial No., 33: Manufacturer, Bethlehem Iron Co.: Mounted, CAC
# 1: Carriage Type, Dis. ARF: Model, 1896: Serial No., 2: Manufacturer, Watertown: Motor, none:
# 1: Hoist Type, Tay. R. : Delivery, front: Serial No., 96429: Maker, Gen. E. Co.: H.P., 5: Volts, 220: RPM, 1060R-67:
Type of control, con. #136298: Date of Transfer, 6-17-1905: Rem. For Long Points, no

# 2: Cal., 10″: Length, 367.25″: Model, 1888MII: Serial No., 32: Manufacturer, Bethlehem Iron Co.: Mounted, CAC
# 2: Carriage Type, Dis. ARF: Model, 1896: Serial No., 3: Manufacturer, Watertown: Motor, none:
# 2: Hoist Type, Tay. R. : Delivery, front: Serial No., 102410: Maker, Gen. E. Co.: H.P., 5: Volts, 220: RPM, 1060R-67:
Type of control, con. #136347: Date of Transfer, 6-17-1905: Rem. For Long Points, no

Historical Notes and Comments: 660.2-20 the guns were retained for use as spares, 1941. #32 fired 64 rounds, #33 fired 72 rounds. Carriages to be sold as scrap, with parts retained for maintenance of one carriage. Structure used as HECP-HDCP, armament covered with earth 400.93 (Col. River) CM 14090. In 1946-47, earth removed, guns & carriages were scrapped, and a concrete roof built over the open emplacement.