Battery Gaston (New Bedford, Massachusetts)

USA / Massachusetts / Bliss Corner / New Bedford, Massachusetts

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Two 3" masking pedestal mount guns were mounted here from 1902 to 1920.

Battery Gaston was named on March 30, 1903 in honor of 2nd Lieutenant William Gaston, 1st U.S. Dragoons, who was killed May 17, 1858 in action with Spokane Indians at Snake River, Washington Territory.

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Coordinates: 41°35'36"N 70°54'3"W

Otis Air National Guard Base (FMH/KFMH) 31 km
Joint Base Cape Cod (Massachusetts Military Reservation) 33 km
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The home of the "Quonset hut" 45 km
Camp Fogarty, US Army National guard 50 km
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