American Seacoast Defenses 3rd Edition

Description

American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide Third Edition, edited by Mark Berhow (2023), CDSG Press reference manual for the interpretation of the historical remains and documents of US harbor defenses is now printed as a hard cover edition. Purchase price also includes a electronic PDF version contact Mark Berhow (berhowma@cdsg.org) for details.

This book is intended for people interested in the study of American seacoast defenses, who want specific information beyond the introductory works most often available at the bookstores and gift shops at the various forts around the country, but who have not yet accessed the large amount of hard-to-obtain materials, such as those at housed the National Archives. This book can be used to bridge the gap between the introductory works published on specific forts and the more detailed information found in National Archives entries, CD Journal articles and other CDSG publications and reprints.

For the Third Edition, significant corrections and general upgrades to the sections already published were made and several new sections were added.

Table of Contents
• Introduction … 1
• US Seacoast Defense Construction, a Brief History and Guide … 4
• Harbor Defense Works of the American First and Second Systems (from Coast Artillery Journal, 1929) … 15
• Introduction to the Architecture & Weapons of the American Third System Seacoast Fortifications … 23
A List of the Coastal Defenses of the Third System 1816-1867 … 52
• United States Coast Defense Fortifications 1870-1876 … 54
• A Guide to the Weapons and Batteries of Modern American Seacoast Defenses … 56
• U.S. Coast Artillery Fort & Concrete Battery List 1890-1950 … 201
• US seacoast artillery batteries built or modified during the years 1935-1945 … 227
• Existing Seacoast Weapons … 232
• Antiaircraft Artillery used by the Coast Artillery Corps … 244
• U.S. Army Coast Artillery Fire Control, Position Finding, and Gun Drill … 264
* Ammunition Service in American Seacoast Defense Batteries 1890-1945 … 308
• Controlled Mines in American Seacoast Defenses … 334
* Searchlights in US Seacoast Defenses 1901-1945 … 376
* Seacoast Artillery Radar 1938-46 … 406
* Coast Artillery Electrical Power Plants … 424
• Unit Organization of the Coast Artillery Corps … 453
• Barracks, Bakeries and Bowling Alleys Non-Tactical Structures at US Coast Artillery Forts … 534
• Insignia of the Coast Artillery Corps … 590
• Heraldry of the Coast Artillery Corps … 597
• Coast Artillery Regimental Distinctive Insignia, 1924-1942 … 602
• Uniforms of the Coast Artillery Corps … 620
• Legend and Lore of the Coast Artillery Corps … 630
• Symbols and Abbreviations for Engineer Maps … 657
• Primary Source Materials, an annotated bibliography … 681
• United States Coast Defense Sites 1945-2014 … 711
• A Short History of the Coast Defense Study Group 1978-2020 … 714
• Glossary of Technical Terms 1860 … 717
• Glossary of Terms, Coast Artillery 1914 … 734