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	'''Battery French''' (1908-1917) - Battery French was a reinforced concrete, [[Endicott Period]] 6 inch coastal gun battery on [[Fort Kearny (Rhode Island)]], Washington County, Rhode Island. The battery was named in G.O. 194, 27 Dec 1904, after Major General [[William H. French]], U.S. Volunteers (Colonel, [[4th U.S. Artillery]]), who served with distinction during the [[Mexican-American War]] and the [[U.S. Civil War]]. Battery construction started in April 1904, was completed in November 1906 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 7 May 1908 at a cost of $ 102,427.64. Deactivated in 1917.		'''Battery French''' (1908-1917) - Battery French was a reinforced concrete, [[Endicott Period]] 6 inch coastal gun battery on [[Fort Kearny (Rhode Island)]], Washington County, Rhode Island. The battery was named in G.O. 194, 27 Dec 1904, after Major General [[William H. French]], U.S. Volunteers (Colonel, [[4th U.S. Artillery]]), who served with distinction during the [[Mexican-American War]] and the [[U.S. Civil War]]. Battery construction started in April 1904, was completed in November 1906 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 7 May 1908 at a cost of $ 102,427.64. Deactivated in 1917.
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	'''~~{{PAGENAME}}~~''' (1908-1917) - Battery French was a reinforced concrete, [[Endicott Period]] 6 inch coastal gun battery on [[Fort Kearny (3)]], Washington County, Rhode Island. The battery was named in G.O. 194, 27 Dec 1904, after Major General [[William H. French]], U.S. Volunteers (Colonel, [[4th U.S. Artillery]]), who served with distinction during the [[Mexican-American War]] and the [[U.S. Civil War]]. Battery construction started in April 1904, was completed in November 1906 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 7 May 1908 at a cost of $ 102,427.64. Deactivated in 1917.		'''Battery French''' (1908-1917) - Battery French was a reinforced concrete, [[Endicott Period]] 6 inch coastal gun battery on [[Fort Kearny (Rhode Island)]], Washington County, Rhode Island. The battery was named in G.O. 194, 27 Dec 1904, after Major General [[William H. French]], U.S. Volunteers (Colonel, [[4th U.S. Artillery]]), who served with distinction during the [[Mexican-American War]] and the [[U.S. Civil War]]. Battery construction started in April 1904, was completed in November 1906 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 7 May 1908 at a cost of $ 102,427.64. Deactivated in 1917.
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1908-1917) - Battery French was a reinforced concrete, [[Endicott Period]] 6 inch coastal gun battery on [[Fort Kearny (3)]], Washington County, Rhode Island. The battery was named in G.O. 194, 27 Dec 1904, after Major General [[William H. French]], U.S. Volunteers (Colonel, [[4th U.S. Artillery]]), who served with distinction during the [[Mexican-American War]] and the [[U.S. Civil War]]. Battery construction started in April 1904, was completed in November 1906 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 7 May 1908 at a cost of $ 102,427.64. Deactivated in 1917.

== [[Endicott Period]] ==
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Originally built as an [[Endicott Period]] concrete coastal gun battery with four 6" M1905 guns mounted on M1903 Disappearing carriages. This was a one story battery with each pair of the four gun emplacements sharing a common magazine. The gun loading platforms were slightly raised from the magazine level and reached by a short flight of stairs. No shell or powder hoists were provided. Electric power was provided from an internal power plant in a central set of rooms dividing the two sets of gun emplacements, a latrine was furnished at the rear of emplacement #4.
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== [[World War I]] ==
{{WWICoastalGuns}} Battery French was completely disarmed during the [[World War I]] redistribution. All four of the guns were ordered dismounted for use abroad 24 Aug 1917, but the carriages were retained. On 4 Dec 1917 all four of the guns were transferred to the [[Watervliet]] arsenal. Three of the guns eventually made it to France in 1918 but the fourth remained stateside. All four of the guns were eventually used during [[World War II]] in 200 series batteries. All four of the carriages were ordered scrapped on 26 May 1920 as a part of the [[World War I]] disarmament program. Battery French remained unarmed until the fort closed.

== Current Status ==
Part of the University of Rhode Island Bay Campus on Narragansett Bay, Washington County, Rhode Island. No period guns or mounts in place.
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