Battery Craig (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 Craig was named on March 30, 1903 in honor of 2nd Lieutenant Presley O. Craig, 2nd U.S. Artillery, who was killed July 21, 1861 at the battle of Bull Run, Virginia.

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Coordinates: 41°35'35"N 70°54'17"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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