Battery Cushing

 (1904-1942) - Battery Cushing was a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period 12 inch coastal mortar battery on Fort Andrews, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The battery was named in G.O. 78, 25 May 1903 after Brigadier General Thomas H. Cushing, U.S. Army, who served in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 and who died 19 Oct 1822, at New London, Connecticut. Battery construction started in 1901, was completed in 1904 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 29 Dec 1904 at a cost of $ 150,576.31. Deactivated in 1942.

Endicott Period
Originally built as an Endicott Period concrete coastal mortar battery with eight 12" M1890MI mortars mounted on M1896 mortar carriages. This was a single story battery with the magazines on the same level as the mortar loading platform. Shells were moved from the magazine to the mortars on shot carts. No shell or powder hoists were provided.



World War I
On 3 May 1918 the A.G.O. ordered that four mortars from Battery Cushing be dismounted and prepared for shipment.

Current Status
No period guns or mounts in place.

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