Battery Smith
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Two 3" masking pedestal mount guns were mounted here from 1903 to 1920.
Battery Smith was named May 15, 1903 in honor of 2nd Lieutenant Joseph P. Smith, 5th U.S. Infantry, who was killed September 13, 1847 at the Battle of Chapultepec, Mexico.
Battery Smith was named May 15, 1903 in honor of 2nd Lieutenant Joseph P. Smith, 5th U.S. Infantry, who was killed September 13, 1847 at the Battle of Chapultepec, Mexico.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 38°42'20"N 77°1'45"W
- Fort Belvoir - South Post 12 km
- Fort Belvoir - North Post 13 km
- Brandywine Receiver Site 14 km
- Joint Base Andrews (ADW/KADW) 18 km
- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head 19 km
- Marine Corps Base, Quantico, OCS 36 km
- Naval Surface Warfare Center - Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) 39 km
- NSWC Dahlgren Division Downrange Impact Area 42 km
- Fort Walker 63 km
- Naval Air Station Patuxent River (NHK/KNHK) 66 km
- Piscataway Park 3.3 km
- Fort Hunt, Virginia 4.7 km
- Fort Washington, Maryland 5 km
- Accokeek, Maryland 5.5 km
- Mount Vernon, Virginia 6.8 km
- Friendly, Maryland 7.4 km
- Groveton, Virginia 8.5 km
- Prince George's County, Maryland 20 km
- Fairfax County, Virginia 27 km
- Charles County, Maryland 30 km