Battery Chandler

 (1915-1942) - Battery Chandler was a reinforced concrete, Taft Period 3 inch coastal gun battery on Fort Kamehameha, Honolulu County, Hawaii. The battery was named in G.O. 36, 1915, after 2nd Lt. Rex Chandler, CAC, who was killed in an airplane accident, 8 Apr 1913. Battery construction started in September 1914, was completed in September 1915 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 26 Sep 1915 at a cost of $ 26,923.37. Battery Barri (2-4.7" Guns) and Battery Chandler (2-6" Guns) were built into the same structure. Battery Chandler was deactivated in 1942.

Taft Period (1905-1915)
Originally built as a Taft Period concrete coastal gun battery with two 3" M1903 guns mounted on M1903 Barbette carriages. This was a two story battery with the guns located on the upper level and the magazines below. Shells were moved from the magazine level to the gun loading platform by hand. No shell or powder hoists were provided. Electrical power was furnished by a generator set installed for a searchlight.



World War I (1917-1918)
The guns of were not affected by the World War I redistribution or the following 1920 disarmament program.

World War II (1941-1945)
Battery Chandler was a part of the Harbor Defenses of Pearl Harbor plan during World War II until 1942. The battery was declared surplus and the guns and carriages were processed for salvage as of 13 Mar 1943.

Current Status
Site destroyed on Hickam Air Force Base. No period guns or mounts in place.

Sources:
 * Grobmeier, Alvin H., Officers of the U.S. Army and Others in Honor of whom Coast Artillery Forts and Batteries in Hawaii Have Been Named, CDSG News, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Nov. 1992), pp. 66-67

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