Fort Weaver

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Fort Weaver (1899-1948) - A Taft Period Coastal Fort first established as Iroquois Point Military Reservation in 1899 on Keahi Point, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Named Fort Weaver in 1922 after Major General Erasmus M. Weaver Jr., Chief of the Coast Artillery Corps (1911-1918). Abandoned in 1948.

Taft Period (1906-1915)

Part of the Harbor Defense of Pearl Harbor.

File:Fort Weaver Plan.jpg
Fort Weaver Plan


World War I (1917-1918)

World War II (1941-1945)

Fort Weaver World War II Battery (edit list)
Battery
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No. Caliber Type Mount Service Years Battery Cost Notes
Battery AMTB - Fort Weaver 2 90mm Fixed 1943-1945 $ ?
Source: CDSG

Current Status

No remains now a housing area, Honolulu County, Hawaii.


USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1946878


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Location: Keahi Point, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii.

Maps & Images

Lat: 21.3205556 Long: -157.9822222

Sources:

  • Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 247
  • CDSG

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