Battery 155 - Sagamore Hill

Battery 155 - Sagamore Hill (1942-1945) - Battery 155 - Sagamore Hill was a temporary, World War II, 155mm coastal gun battery on Panama mounts. Located on Sagamore Hill Military Reservation, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Deactivated in 1945. Sagamore Hill MR Gun Crew World War II Part of the Harbor Defense of Boston, Massachusetts. Originally built as a temporary World War II coastal gun battery with two 155mm M1918 rapid fire guns mounted on M1918 Mobile Carriages emplaced on circular Panama mounts. On WWII site # 109, located at the east end of the Buzzards Bay Canal. 155mm M1918 Gun at Fort Morgan Panama Mount at Fort Pickens Battery 155 - Sagamore Hill Armament (edit list) Empl No Caliber Type Barrel Length Model Serial No Manufacturer Carriage Service Dates Notes 1 155mm Rifle 240" M1918 ? ? Mobile, M1918, #?, ? 1942-1945 2 155mm Rifle 240" M1918 ? ? Mobile, M1918, #?, ? 1942-1945 Source: RCW Form 1, ?, CDSG, Berhow, Mark A. ed, American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide, 2nd Edition, CDSG Press, McLean, VA, 2004, ISBN 0-9748167-0-1, pages 190-191 Current Status No period guns or mounts in place but the Panama mounts are still visible. Location: Sagamore Hill, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Maps & Images Lat: 41.78107 Long: -70.51712 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: .....' Sources: Butler, Jerry, The Military History of the Cape Cod Canal, Arcadia Publishing, 2002, ISBN 0738510092, ISBN 978-0738510095, 128 pages Links: Wikipedia - Sagamore Hill Military Reservation USACE - Cape Cod Canal CDSG Visited: 17 May 2012