Battery Eubank

 (1942-1945) - Battery Eubank was a temporary, World War II 8 inch coastal railroad gun battery emplaced on Manhattan Beach Military Reservation, a sub-post of Fort MacArthur, in Los Angeles County, California. Battery support construction started in February 1942, was completed in August 1942 and oficially transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 20 May 1943 at a cost of $ 46,907.34. Probably named for Captain Perry Eubank, the detachment commander. Deactivated in 1944.

World War II (1941-1945)
Originally built as a World War II temporary coastal gun battery with two 8" MKVI-M3 Naval guns mounted on M1A1 Army railroad carriages. This was a mobile railroad battery with two fixed emplacements located on a rail spur track. Two powder and two projectile storage structures were built adjacent to the siding. Two fake rollaway farmhouses were used to conceal the railroad gun cars when not firing.

A detachment (two gun sections) of Battery E, 52nd U.S. Coast Artillery, from Fort Hancock (2) and manned Battery Eubank from December 1941 until the spring of 1944. The detachment was commanded by Captain Perry Eubank with a complement of four officers and 114 enlisted personnel. Battery E was re-designated Battery A, 285th Coast Artillery (Ry) in May 1943 and the personnel were shipped out to Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky in the spring of 1944.

Battery Eubank was a part of the Harbor Defenses of Los Angeles plan until 1944. The guns and carriages were transferred to the Sierra Ordnance Depot on 22 Apr 1944 and processed for salvage at the end of the war.



Current Status
No period guns or mounts in place. Site is overbuilt with houses.

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Links: 
 * Wikipedia - 8 inch Mk. VI railway gun