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FORT MONROE/ Old Point Comfort/ 1819 (C.A. School 1907-1948)/ NPS & State park – State Property/ MD, MC/ KKK
#124/2/16″/CBC/NB
Anderson/8/12″ /M/1898-1943
Ruggles/8/12″/M/1898-1943/emplacements partially destroyed
DeRussy/3/12″/DC/1904-1944
Parrott/2/12″/DC/1906-1943/emplacements modified for AMTB #23
Humphreys/1/10″/DC/1897-1910/destroyed
Eustis/2/10″/DC/1901-1942/destroyed
Church/2/10″/DC/1901-1942
Bomford/2/10″/DC/1897-1940/destroyed
N.E. bastion/1/10″/DC/1900-1908
Barber/1/8″/BC/1898-1915/destroyed
Parapet/4/8″/BC/1898-1915/mostly buried
Water/1/8″/BC/1897-1898
Montgomery/2/6″/P/1904-1948/guns removed ’20s, guns repl. ’41, dest.
Gatewood/4/4.7″/A/1898-1914/mostly buried
Irwin/4/3″/MP/1903-curr./all Gs rem. ’20s, 2-3″ P. repl. ’46, SE
AMTB #23/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946/1 gun (from Fisherman’s Is) Still emplaced

FORT WOOL/Rip Raps, Hampton Roads/ 1830/ Bird Sanctuary: no public access KK
Claiborne/2/6″/DC/1908-1918/
Dyer/2/6″/DC/1908-1917
Gates/2/6″/DC/1908-1942/converted to #229
Gates (#229)/2/6″/SBC/1944 NA //
Lee/4/3″/P/1905-1946 /2 guns to Ft. J. Custis, 2 guns to Irwin, Ft. Monroe
Hindman/2/3″/P/1905-1946/

FORT JOHN CUSTIS/ Cape Charles/1940/ Fish and Wildlife Reserve/ KK
Unnamed/?/8″/RY/1942-1943
Winslow (#122)/2/16″/CBC/1943-1948/
#123/2/16″/CBC/NB
#228/2/6″/SBC/1943 NA
Fisherman Island/ Fish and Wildlife Reserve/ KK
#227/2/6″/SBC/1943-1965/Power equip. still in place
unnamed/4/5″/P/1917-1919/2-5″/2-6″?
Lee (AMTB #20)/2/3″/P/1942-1944/guns from Lee, Ft. Wool, partially buried
AMTB #24/2/90 mm/F/1943-1946
unnamed/4?/155 mm/PM/

FORT STORY/ Cape Henry/ 1917/ Army post/ MC (MD?)/ KKK
Pennington/2/16″/LRH/1922-1947/original name for all 4 guns
Walke/2/16″/LRH/1922-1947/named as seperate battery in 1941 emplacements covered
Ketcham (#120) /2/16″/CBC/1943-1948/
#121/2/16″/CBC/1943-1948
Worcester (#224)/2/6″/P/1942-1947/prototype for the WW II 6-in construction
Cramer (#225)/2/6″/SBC/1943-1949/
#226/2/6″/SBC/1943-1949
unnamed/2/6″/P/1917-1919 /broken up, in surf
unnamed/2/5″/P/1917-1919/broken up, in surf
Exam (AMTB #19)/2/3″/P/1942-1945/guns from Irwin, Ft. Monroe, buried
AMTB #21/2/90 mm/F/1942-/buried
AMTB #22/2/90 mm/F/1942-/awash
unnamed/4?/155 mm/PM
unnamed/4?/155 mm/PM

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