Map of Buzzards Bay, including the New Bedford area.Map of Fairhaven with part of New Bedford, showing Clark's Point in the lower left.Fort Phoenix.8-inch M1888 disappearing gun emplacement at Fort Constitution, similar to those at Fort Rodman.12-inch casemated gun, similar to the guns at Battery Milliken.A 155mm gun on a Panama mount.90 mm M1 gun on T3/M3 fixed seacoast mount at Fort Monroe, Virginia.
The Harbor Defenses of New Bedford was a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps harbor defense command.[1] It coordinated the coast defenses of New Bedford, Massachusetts and the nearby Cape Cod Canal from 1900 to 1950, beginning with the Endicott program. These included a coast artillery fort (Fort Rodman, a.k.a. Fort Taber) and an underwater minefield. The command originated circa 1900 as the New Bedford Artillery District, was renamed Coast Defenses of New Bedford in 1913, and again renamed Harbor Defenses of New Bedford in 1925.[2][3][4][5]
^ abGaines, pp. 9, 15
^ abStanton, pp. 455-481, 484
^Coast Artillery Organization: A Brief Overview at the Coast Defense Study Group website
^Rinaldi, pp. 165-166
^Berhow, p. 430-434
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