The plotting room for Battery Seaman was built as a separate casemate behind the battery due to the shock of the firing of a gun that large. During the war, four automatic 40mm mobile AA …

Sep 14, 2023 · Including repurposed homes, Fort Dearborn comprised of 20 buildings. Battery Seaman was operational after test firing was undertaken on June 21, 1944. Battery Seaman …

Battery Seaman Gun #1 Casemate was constructed in 1904 as part of the Endicott Program, a national defense initiative launched in the late 19th century. Named after Captain Thomas …

It was initially called Battery 103 and later named Battery Seaman in honor of Colonel Claudius M. Seaman. [10] The battery remains today. A Plotting, Switchboard, and Radio (PSR) bunker …

The Battery 103 PSR or Plotting, Switchboard and Radio room was built in 1943. Its purpose was to provide gun operators with range data to take an effective shot at enemy vessels.

Originally built as a World War II concrete coastal gun battery with two 16" MarkII-M1 guns mounted on M5 Casemated Barbette Carriages (CBC). This battery was a single level battery …

Feb 8, 2025 · Head past the Gate House and bear right, past the remains of Battery 204 to a Map Board and parking lot. The Odiorne Point SP Trails begin here, at the Northern End of the …

It was initially called Battery 103 and later named Battery Seaman in honor of Colonel Claudius M. Seaman. [6] The battery remains today. A Plotting, Switchboard, and Radio (PSR) bunker …

The casemate (or central battery) was an armored box that extended the full width of the ship protecting many guns. The armored sides of the box were the sides or hull of the ship.

While German U boats did lurk the area the bunker itself was mothballed soon after it’s completion in 1944. There are similar bunkers on the East and West coast in major port cities …