Battery Chamberlin
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Six-Inch Rifled Gun No. 9 | |
San Francisco, California | |
Coordinates | 37°47′38.44″N 122°28′57.7″W / 37.7940111°N 122.482694°W |
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NRHP reference No. | 79000255[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 7, 1976 |
Battery Chamberlin is an
History
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The battery received two six-inch guns on simple barbette carriages in 1920. During World War II, the Sixth Coast Artillery (Harbor Defense) Regiment, Battery "D", manned the two guns at Battery Chamberlin, living on-site until the end of the war. The battery was covered with camouflage netting to hide it from air attack. These guns were removed in 1948.
In 1977, the National Park Service received 6-inch Gun M1905 (#9 Watervliet) on Disappearing Carriage M1903 (#2 Watertown, each listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places, from the Smithsonian Institution. The gun and carriage were installed at gun emplacement No. 4 at Battery Chamberlin and are the similar to those installed in 1904. This is one of about a score of disappearing guns in the world that still operates, moving from loading to firing position.
Operation of the gun is open to the public, usually on the first full weekend of each month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. An underground magazine contains photos and small exhibits on the harbor defenses of San Francisco. The battery is located at the north end of the parking lot at Baker Beach.
Footnotes
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
References
- "Battery Chamberlin 1904-1948". Presidio of San Francisco. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
- "Battery Chamberlin". World War II in the San Francisco Bay Area. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 16 April 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
- "Fort Winfield Scott: Battery Lowell Chamberlin". California State Military Museum. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Park Service.