Battery Dearborn

 (1901-1931) - Battery Dearborn was a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period 12 inch coastal mortar battery on Fort Morgan (1), Baldwin County, Alabama. The battery was named in G.O. 43, 4 Apr 1900 after Henry Dearborn, distinguished soldier of the Revolutionary War and Secretary of War, 1801-1809. Battery construction started in 1900, was completed in 1901 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 20 May 1901 at a cost of $ $150,000.00. Deactivated in 1931.

Endicott Period (1890-1910)
Originally built as an Endicott Period concrete coastal gun battery with eight 12" M1890MI mortars mounted on M1896MI mortar carriages arranged in two mortar pits (A & B) with four mortars (1-4) in each pit.



World War I (1917-1918)
On 3 May 1918 Fort Morgan (1) was directed to dismount and prepare for shipment four mortar tubes from Battery Dearborn. A 29 Jul 1918 letter indicates that the four Battery Dearborn mortars were loaded on a car at Mobile on 23 Jul 1918 for shipment. The gun cards indicate that the four removed mortars were officially transferred to Morgan Engineering Company 18 Jul 1918. These mortar tubes never made it overseas because the war ended before they could be prepared and shipped, they were stored at various locations until they were scrapped in the 1940's.

Current Status
Part of Fort Morgan State Park, Baldwin County, Alabama. No period guns or carriages are in place.

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