Battery Greene (Newport, Rhode Island)
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Eight 12" mortars were mounted here from 1898 to 1943.
Battery Greene was named on March 24, 1900 in honor of Major General Nathaniel Greene, Continental Army, a distinguished citizen of Rhode Island, who exercised important command under General Washington and in the Carolinas during the war of the Revolution.
Battery Greene was named on March 24, 1900 in honor of Major General Nathaniel Greene, Continental Army, a distinguished citizen of Rhode Island, who exercised important command under General Washington and in the Carolinas during the war of the Revolution.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°28'20"N 71°20'23"W
- Coaster's Harbor Island - US Naval War College 4.8 km
- Naval Station Newport 7.4 km
- NUWC - Naval Undersea Warfare Center 7.5 km
- Quonset Point Airport 17 km
- The home of the "Quonset hut" 18 km
- Camp Fogarty, US Army National guard 22 km
- Ninigret Park, Naval Auxiliary Air Station Charlestown 30 km
- Otis Air National Guard Base (FMH/KFMH) 70 km
- Joint Base Cape Cod (Massachusetts Military Reservation) 71 km
- Cape Cod Air Force Station 73 km
- Fort Adams State Park 0.4 km
- Hammersmith Farm 0.6 km
- Surprise Valley Farm, Swiss Village (SVF Foundation) 0.7 km
- Beacon Hill Estate 1.1 km
- Ballard Park (1990) 1.4 km
- Newport Country Club (1894-95 et seq.) 1.5 km
- Gooseneck Cove 1.7 km
- Castle Hill Inn & Resort 2 km
- Brenton Point State Park - The Reef 2.5 km
- Newport County, Rhode Island 12 km