Battery Barri

 (1915-1921) - Battery Barri was a reinforced concrete, Taft Period 4.72 inch coastal gun battery at Bishops Point on Fort Kamehameha, Honolulu County, Hawaii. The battery was named in G.O. 36, 1915, after Captain Thomas O. Barri, 11th U.S. Infantry, who was killed at Gettysburg, 2 Jul 1863, during the U.S. Civil War. Battery construction started in September 1914, was completed in September 1915 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 26 September 1915 at a cost of $ 29,043.38. Battery Barri (2-4.7" Guns) and Battery Chandler (2-6" Guns) were built into the same structure. Battery Barri was deactivated in 1921.

Taft Period (1905-1915)
Originally built as a Taft Period concrete coastal gun battery with two 4.72" Armstrong guns mounted on Armstrong Pedestal carriages. This was a two story battery with the guns located on the upper level and the magazines below. Shells were moved from the magazine level to the gun loading platform by hand. No shell or powder hoists were provided. Electrical power was furnished by a searchlight power plant.



World War I (1917-1918)
The guns of Battery Barri were directly affected by the World War I 1920 disarmament program and were declared obsolete 3 Jul 1919, ordered salvaged 6 Sep 1921 but retained as ornaments 23 Dec 1922.

Current Status
Site is destroyed on Hickam Air Force Base. 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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