Battery AMTB - Fort Pickens

 (1943-1946) - Battery AMTB - Fort Pickens was a reinforced concrete, World War II 90mm coastal gun battery on Fort Pickens, Escambia County, Florida. Battery construction started 7 Apr 1943, was completed 16 Jun 1943 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 7 Jul 1943 at a cost of $ 16,810.85. Deactivated in 1946.

World War II (1941-1945)
Originally built as a World War II concrete coastal gun battery with two 90mm, M1 guns mounted on T-3 fixed carriages and two 90mm, M1 guns mounted on M1A1 mobile carriages. The battery was located 125' outside the Fort Pickens seawall. Two wooden platforms were constructed at the seawall for an elevation height-finder and an elevation director. A single magazine was built into the left flank of Battery Cullum and three other magazines were built in front of old Fort Pickens, all were inside the 13' seawall.



Current Status
Part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore administered by the National Park Service at Fort Pickens. Concrete gun pads visible. No period guns or mounts in place. One magazine in the left flank of Battery Cullum remains.

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