Battery Pensacola

 (1898-1934) - Battery Pensacola was a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period 12 inch coastal gun battery on Fort Pickens, Escambia County, Florida. The battery was named in G.O. 73, 29 May 1900, after the City of Pensacola. Battery construction started in 1897, was completed in 1898 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 30 Jun 1898 at a cost of $ 128,707.04. The battery was declared obsolete and no longer required in 1933.

Endicott Period (1890-1910)
Originally built as an Endicott Period concrete coastal gun battery with two 12" M1895 guns mounted on disappearing M1897 carriages. This was a two story battery built into old Fort Pickens with the guns on the upper level and the magazines and support rooms on the lower level. Taylor-Raymond back delivery shell hoists were provided to moved the heavy 12" shells from the lower level to the loading level. Electrical power was furnished by a power plant in the battery with two 25 KW gasoline engine generator sets.

In 1908 a B.C. Station was added on the top, center of Battery Pensacola at a cost of $ 850.00.





World War I (1917-1918)
The two 12" guns of Battery Pensacola were not affected by the World War I redistribution but the battery was declared obsolete and no longer required on 16 Jun 1933. Both guns were transferred back to the Watervliet Arsenal on 25 Oct 1934 and not returned. The carriages remained in place until they were ordered scrapped on 26 Oct 1942.

Current Status
No period guns or mounts in place.

Sources:
 * , page 196-197
 * De Quesada, Alejandro M., A History of Florida Forts: Florida's Lonely Outposts, SC : History Press, Charleston, 2006, ISBN 1596291044, page 192
 * De Quesada, Alejandro M., A History of Florida Forts: Florida's Lonely Outposts, SC : History Press, Charleston, 2006, ISBN 1596291044, page 192

Links: 
 * Gun Batteries NPS