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...r 1943 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 4 Aug 1943 at a cost of $ 17,039.16. Deactivated in 1946.
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...eted ..... and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use ...... at a cost of $ ......--> Deactivated in 1944.
.... The battery was first built with wooden platforms pending the completion of the 180 degree Panama mounts.
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...MA -->, who, in command of Texan forces, gallantly perished in the defense of the Alamo, 6 Mar 1836. Active military post until 1947.
...attery Ernst]]. The fort sustained heavy damage in the Galveston hurricane of 1900 but was rebuilt. A fifteen-foot seawall was built in 1906.
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...lveston against enemy warships. Located on [[Fort Crockett]] in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas. Closed in 1946.
...Engineers who erected all of the structures. Access to the antenna on top of the tower was by a small hoist operated by an electric motor.
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...cinto, 21 Apr 1899, in commemoration of the 63rd anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto. Abandoned in 1947.
...tillery]] under the command of Captain [[Clermont L. Best]]. The hurricane of 1900 severely damaged the island and the fort and it was not restored until
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...air and restoration work, reactivated 21 Aug 1911 along with all the other Galveston batteries. Deactivated in 1920.
...the guns and carriages awaiting installation when the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 struck. The battery survived the hurricane but was left sitting expose
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...on against enemy warships. Located on [[Fort San Jacinto]] near Galveston, Galveston County, Texas. Closed in 1946.
...owerhouse was placed on a concrete pad and footings installed by the Corps of Engineers who erected the structure.
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...lveston against enemy warships. Located on [[Fort Travis]] near Galveston, Galveston County, Texas. Closed in 1946.
...dar Site Plan. Note the similarity of the equipment placement in the photo of a typical installation below.
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...Apr 1922 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use May 1922 at a cost of $ 310,237.63. Deactivated in 1943.
...t attack. Battery Kimble was one of the few not casemated and in 1943 both of Battery Kimble's guns and carriages were transferred to [[Battery 520]] at
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...on against enemy warships. Located on [[Fort San Jacinto]] near Galveston, Galveston County, Texas. Closed in 1946.
...Engineers who erected all of the structures. Access to the antenna on top of the tower was by a small hoist operated by an electric motor.
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...d between 1901 and 1907 and was accepted for service 21 Aug 1911 at a cost of $ 47,268.54. Deactivated in 1917.
...mstrong rapid fire guns mounted on Armstrong carriages. At the time of the Galveston hurricane the battery was complete and accepted for service. The hurricane
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...1944 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 28 Nov 1944 at a cost of $ 310,091.31. Deactivated in 1946.
...5A2 rapid fire guns mounted on M1 Barbette carriages placed on either side of an earth covered reinforced concrete support structure.
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...4 and was transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 28 Feb 1944 at a cost of $ 1,432,443.00. Deactivated in 1947.
...arby [[Fort Moultrie]], on Sullivan's Island at the entrance to Charleston Harbor.
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...repaired and restored it was re-transferred for use 21 Aug 1911 at a cost of $ 91,320.10. Deactivated in 1943.
{{WWICoastalGuns}} The guns of Battery Hampton were apparently slated for overseas use because they were o
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...l 1945 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 9 Aug 1945 at a cost of $ 305,309.98. Deactivated in 1946.
Fort Travis Seashore Park, a Galveston County Park. No period guns or mounts in place.
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...aired and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 21 Aug 1911 at a cost of $ 152,576.87. Deactivated in 1943.
...e configured into two mortar pits of four mortars each. At the time of the Galveston hurricane the battery was virtually complete. The carriages and guns were i
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...after [[David Crockett]], hero of the Alamo. Located on Galveston Island, Galveston County, Texas. Declared surplus and transferred to the GSA in 1953.
...immediately, which was not completed, however, until 1906-07. Twenty-nine of the 129 soldiers housed at the fort lost their lives in that hurricane. In
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...t between 1901 and 1907 and was accepted for service 21 Aug 1911 at a cost of $ 38,566.36. Deactivated in 1946.
...Driggs-Seabury]] guns mounted on M1898 balanced pillar carriages. The 1900 Galveston hurricane damaged the battery and the guns and mounts were replaced with th
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...t between 1901 and 1907 and was accepted for service 21 Aug 1911 at a cost of $ 102,800.68. Deactivated in 1917.
At the time of the 1900 Galveston hurricane the battery was complete and accepted for service. The hurricane
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