Battery Wallace (1)

 (1900-1917) - Battery Wallace was a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period 8 inch coastal gun battery on Fort McDowell (1), Angel Island, San Francisco County, California. The battery was named in G.O. 16, 14 Feb 1902, after 1st Lt. Robert B. Wallace, 2nd U.S. Cavalry, who died 13 Mar 1900 of wounds received in action at Caloocan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on 10 Feb 1899. Battery construction started in 1899, was completed in 1900 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 1 Aug 1900 at a cost of $40,420.42. Deactivated in 1917.

Endicott Period (1890-1910)
Originally built as an Endicott Period concrete coastal gun battery with one 8" M1888 gun mounted on an M1896 Disappearing carriage. The Battery had a single Back Delivery Hodges shell hoist and no powder hoists. The electric plant was a 10 hp Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine belted to a 6 kW, 120 volt Eddy Generator. No traversing, elevating, depressing or retracting motors were installed on the carriage and the power plant was primarily for lighting.

World War I (1917-1918)
On 24 Aug 1917 the gun at Battery Wallace was ordered dismounted for use abroad. The gun was removed from Battery Wallace 31 Dec 1917 and shipped to Watervliet Arsenal. The gun was moved among several storage locations and was finally processed for disposal at Aberdeen 21 Jan 1946. The carriage was scrapped at Fort McDowell (1) in May of 1918.



Current Status
Part of Angel Island California State Park, San Francisco County, California. No gun or mounts in place.

Sources:
 * , page 129

Links: 
 * Angel Island Artillery History