Battery 155 - Port Hueneme
Battery 155 - Port Hueneme (1944-1944) - Battery 155 - Port Hueneme was a temporary, World War II, 155mm coastal gun battery on Panama mounts. Located in Port Hueneme, Ventura County, California. Battery construction started January 1943, was completed July 1943 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 18 Apr 1944 at a cost of $ 9,381.50. Deactivated in 1944.
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Battery 155 - Port Hueneme Locale, Site Covered with Roads and Buildings
World War II
Part of the Harbor Defense of Los Angeles.
Originally built as a temporary World War II coastal gun battery with two 155mm M1918MI rapid fire guns mounted on M1918MI mobile marriages emplaced on circular Panama mounts.
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Fort Morgan -
Panama Mount at Fort Pickens
| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 155mm Rifle | 240" | M1918MI | M1 | ..... | ..... | Mobile, M1918MI, #....., ..... | 1944-1944 | |
| 2 | 155mm Rifle | 240" | M1918MI | M1 | ..... | ..... | Mobile, M1918MI, #....., ..... | 1944-1944 | |
| Source: CDSG, Berhow, Mark A. ed, American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide, 2nd Edition, CDSG Press, McLean, VA, 2004, ISBN 0-9748167-0-1, pages 190-191 | |||||||||
Current Status
No period guns or carriages in place. Site covered with roads and buildings, nothing remains.
Context
Location:
Port Hueneme, Ventura County, California. Map points are from 1940s coordinates and may not be accurate.
Lat: 34.142° Long: -119.191°
Bing, Google,
OldMapsOnline,
USGS, OHM
- Elevation: Gun #1=26.69, Gun #2=26.79'
Sources:
- U.S.Army, Supplement to the Harbor Defense Project Harbor Defenses of Los Angeles, (LA-AN-WDC-44), 31 Aug 1944, CDSG
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Related:
2013 Forts Visited, CDSG, Coastal Battery Gun List, Coastal Gun Service Dates, Fort MacArthur, Fort Pickens, New and Updated Batteries, World War II,