Battery Chamberlin (San Francisco, California)

 fortification, artillery battery

"Built in 1904 and mounting four M1903 6 inch guns on M1903 Disappearing Carriages, this battery is the centerpiece of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area's program to interpret the history of the Harbor Defenses of San Francisco. The small museum in one of the magazines is being expanded and improved.

"The battery, which was the last fortification to be constructed at Fort Winfield Scott, was named in honor of Captain Lowell A. Chamberlin, a Civil War veteran who died in 1899.

"Battery Chamberlin's guns were removed for service in France in 1918 . They were replaced in 1920s with two 6" M1900 guns on M1900 pedestal mounts in emplacements 2 and 3. These guns could fire several rounds per minute and were used to defend the entrance of the harbor against small craft and later to protect the defensive minefield from mine sweepers. These were removed and scrapped in 1948.

"In 1976, the National Park Service replaced one 6" M1905 gun (Number 9, Watervliet Arsenal) mounted in a working M1903 (Number 2, Watertown Arsenal) disappearing carriage that was donated by the Smithsonian. This gun originally came from Battery Livingston, Fort Hamilton, Harbor Defenses of New York. The two guns from that battery were re-emplaced in Battery Schofield at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York for some time before given to the Smithsonian. The other gun is now located at Battery Cooper, Fort Pickens, Penascola, Florida."
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Read more here: www.militarymuseum.org/BtyChamberlin.html

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