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FORT CHURCH/ Sakonnet Point (3 sections)/ private club/private/private KK

Gray (#107)/ 2 -16″ /CBC/ 1942-1948/ West Res. partially buried, Sakonnet Golf Club
Reilly/ 2- 8″/ CBC/ 1942-1947 /East Res., buried
#212 /2-6″/ SBC/1943-1948/ South Res., Warren Point, private, built on
unnamed/ 2- 155 mm/ PM

FORT ADAMS/ Newport/ 1824/ state park, Navy housing/ MD, MC/ KKKK

Greene/ 8- 12″/ M/ 1898-1943/ renamed Gilmore WWII
Edgerton/ 8 -12″/ M /1898-1943
Reilly/ 2- 10″/ DC/ 1899-1917
unnamed/ 1- 8″/ Rod/ 1898-
Bankhead/ 3- 6″/ A/ 1907-1913
Talbot/ 2- 4.7″/ A/ 1899-1917/ one 4.7 gun is in Equality Park, Newport
Belton/ 2- 3″/ P/ 1907-1925

FORT WETHERILL/ Conanicut Is./ 1900-1945/ state park /MD, MC /KKKK

Varnum/ 2- 12″/ BC/ 1901-1943
Wheaton/ 2 -12″ /DC/ 1908-1945
Walbach/ 3- 10″/ DC/ 1908-1942
Zook/ 3- 6″/ DC/ 1908-1918
Dickenson/ 2- 6″/ P/ 1908-1947/ modified WW II
Crittenden/ 2- 3″/ P/1908-1946
Cooke/ 2- 3″/ MP /1901-1920
AMTB 923/ 2- 90 mm/ F/ 194? NC/ modified old 3-in AA blocks

FORT GETTY/ Conanicut Island/ 1903 /Jamestown city park/ K

Tousard/ 3- 12″/ DC / 1910-1942/ partially buried
House/ 2- 6″/ P /1910-1942/ guns & carr. to Ft. Varnum, now mostly buried
Whiting/ 2- 3″/ P/ 1910-1942/ guns & carr. to Ft. Burnside
Armistead (3)/ 2- 3″ /P/ 1943 Whiting empl, guns & carr from Varnum
AMTB 922/ 2- 90 mm/ F /1943-1946/ #1 block buried

FORT BURNSIDE/ Beavertail/ 1940-1948/ state park/ KK

#110 / 2- 16″/ CBC/ NB
#213/ 2- 6″/ SBC/ 1943-1948
Whiting (2) 2- 3″/ P/ 1942-1946

FORT GREBLE/ Dutch Island/ 1863/ state land/park/ MD, MC/ KKK

Sedgwick/ 8- 12″/ M/ 1901-1942
Hale/ 3- 10″/ DC/ 1898-1942
Mitchell/ 3- 6″/ P/ 1905-1917
Mitchell/ 1- 6″/ A/ 1898 NC/ destroyed. for new Mitchell, gun to Ft Adams
Ogden/ 2- 3″/ MP/ 1900-1920

FORT KEARNY/ Saunderstown/ 1904/ state university campus/ KK

French/ 4- 6″/ DC/ 1908-1917/ research facility built on middle of battery
Cram/ 2- 6″/ DC/ 1908-1943
Armistead/ 2- 3″/ P/ 1908-1942/ guns & carr to Ft. Varnum, now built on

FORT VARNUM/ Boston Neck/ 1941/ National Guard/ KK

House (2)/ 2-6″/ P/ 1942-1947/ guns from Ft. Getty
Armistead (2)/ 2- 3″/ P/ 1942-1943/ guns from Ft. Kearny, moved to Getty
AMTB 921/ 2- 90 mm/ F/ 1943-1946

FORT GREENE/ Point Judith (3 sections)/ 1941/ KK

Hamilton (#108)/ 2- 16″/ CBC/ 1943-1948/ East Res., National Guard/Reserve
#109/ 2 -16″/ CBC/ 1944 NA/ West Res., guns were on site, state park
#211/ 2- 6″/ SBC/ 1945-1948/ South Res., city park
unnamed/ 4- 155 mm/ PM/ mostly buried

Other locations ?

unnamed?/ 2 -4.7″/ A/ 1917-1919/ Sachuest Point?
AMTB 924/ 2- 90 mm/ F/ NB?
AMTB 923/ 2- 90 mm/ F /1943?/ Brenton Point, moved to Ft. Wetherill?
unnamed/ 4- 155 mm/ PM/ Brenton Point, 3 mounts destroyed

Narrangansett Bay, RI 1921: 1921 Maps PDF (323K) 7 pages $0.35/ 1935 Maps (224K) 5 pages $0.30

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