Battery Hawley

 (1905-1924) - Battery Joseph Hawley was a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period 6 inch coastal gun battery on Fort Baldwin (1), Sagadahoc County, Maine. The battery was named in G.O. 20, 25 Jan 1906, after Brevet Major General Joseph R. Hawley, U.S. Volunteers (Brigadier General, U.S. Army), who served with distinction during the U.S. Civil War, and who died 18 Mar 1905. Battery construction started in 1905, was completed in 1908 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 13 Nov 1908 at a cost of $ 45, 550.00. Deactivated in 1924.

Endicott Period (1890-1910)
Originally built as an Endicott Period concrete coastal gun battery with two 6" M1900 guns mounted on M1900 Pedestal mounts. This was a single story battery with the guns located on a raised platform and the magazines on the lower level. Shells were moved from the magazine level to the gun loading platform by hand. No shell or powder hoists were provided.



World War I (1917-1918)
The guns of Battery Hawley were listed for use overseas on railway mounts on 24 Aug 1917. On 4 Dec 1917 the guns were transferred to Morgan. The two guns from Battery Hawley did not make it overseas and they were transferred back to the battery on 3 Apr 1919 and remounted. The guns are listed as transferred to Fort Preble for storage in February and March 1924 as Fort Baldwin was deactivated.

World War II (1941-1945)
A battery of four 155mm mobile guns was deployed to Fort Baldwin (1) in the first six months of 1942 as an emergency measure until the newer batteries could be completed. Two of the 155mm battery Panama mounts were built into the gun pits of abandoned Battery Hawley. The 155mm battery was removed 17 Jan 1944.

Current Status
Part of Fort Baldwin Memorial State Park, Sagadahoc County, Maine. No period guns or mounts in place. Bug spray highly recommended in the summer months.

Sources:
 * U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, FUDS Archives Search Report, Findings, Fort Baldwin Military…ME011702, Phippsburg, ME. Large pdf download

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