Battery Jackson

 (1914-1943) - Battery Jackson was a reinforced concrete, Taft Period 6 inch coastal gun battery on Fort Kamehameha, Honolulu County, Hawaii. The battery was named in G.O. 72, 1913, after Brigadier General Henry Jackson, who died 28 Nov 1892. Battery construction started in December 1912, was completed in June 1914 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 17 Jun 1914 at a cost of $ 86,067.25. Deactivated in 1943.

Taft Period (1905-1915)
Originally built as a Taft Period concrete coastal gun battery with two 6" M1908 guns mounted on M1905M2 Disappearing carriages. This was a single story battery with the guns located on the same level as the magazines. Shells were moved from the magazines to the gun loading platform by shell carts. No shell or powder hoists were provided. Electrical power was furnished by the emplacement power plant and the one in Battery Hawkins.



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 Jackson was a part of the Harbor Defenses of Pearl Harbor plan throughout World War II. When the war ended in 1945 the battery was declared surplus. The guns and carriages were ordered scrapped on 1 Nov 1944 at a time and place selected by the Commander of the Harbor Defense.

Current Status
Remains on Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. 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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