Butler Point Military Reservation
| Butler Point Military Reservation | |
|---|---|
| Part of Harbor Defenses of New Bedford | |
| Marion, Massachusetts | |
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A 155mm gun on a Panama mount. | |
| Coordinates | 41°40′36″N 70°42′59″W / 41.67667°N 70.71639°W |
| Type | Coastal Defense |
| Site information | |
| Condition | partly buried |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1942 |
| Built by | United States Army |
| In use | 1942–1946 |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | Fort Rodman |
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Butler Point Military Reservation was a coastal defense site located in Marion, Massachusetts as part of the defenses of the Cape Cod Canal.
History
The Butler Point Military Reservation was built on land purchased in 1942. Its mission was to protect the southern entrance of the Cape Cod Canal from possible air and naval attack. It was mirrored at the northern entrance by the Sagamore Hill Military Reservation. It never fired its guns in anger, but it did play an important part in the defense of the canal.[1]
In 1942 the reservation had an unnamed battery of two 155 mm towed guns on "Panama mounts", circular concrete platforms for this type of gun. This battery was withdrawn in 1943 when an Anti-Motor Torpedo Boat (AMTB) battery of four 90 mm guns called AMTB 934 was built. This battery had an authorized strength of four 90 mm guns, two on fixed mounts and two on towed mounts, plus two towed 37 mm M1 guns or 40 mm Bofors M1 guns.[2]
The site was disarmed in 1946.[2]
Present
The two Panama mounts remain, but are partly buried.[2]
See also
References
- Berhow, Mark A., Ed. (2015). American Seacoast Defenses, A Reference Guide, Third Edition. McLean, Virginia: CDSG Press. ISBN 978-0-9748167-3-9.
- Lewis, Emanuel Raymond (1979). Seacoast Fortifications of the United States. Annapolis: Leeward Publications. ISBN 978-0-929521-11-4.
External links
- List of all US coastal forts and batteries at the Coast Defense Study Group, Inc. website
- FortWiki, lists most CONUS and Canadian forts
- Harbor Defenses of New Bedford at NorthAmericanForts.com
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