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Batteries Barlow-Saxton
This is the John Barlow and Rufus Saxton Battery on the Upper Reservation of Fort MacArthur, San Pedro. The batteries had eight 12-inch mortars that fired 700 pound projectiles up to 12 miles out to sea. Construction began on April 1, 1915. Excavation of this subterranean battery was done by hand. The batteries were completed June 27, 1919. The guns were obsolete shortly after the beginning of WWII. The guns were deactivated in 1943 and scrapped after WWII. Batteries Barlow-Saxton were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The LA Unified School District now uses the batteries as storage. John R. Kielbasa
3601 S. Gaffey St
310 548-2631
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Battery Farley
Battery Farley at the Upper Reservation of Fort MacArthur was a battery that had a single 14-inch disappearing rifle that could fire a 1560 pound projectile about 17 miles out to sea. The barrel length of the gun was 48 feet, 6 inches. Construction of the battery began in September 15, 1916 and completed in October 10, 1919. The parapet fronting the gun was built of 20 foot thick steel-reinforced concrete. It was named after Brigadier General Joseph P. Farley, who was the head of the Ordinance Department at the time. He was a veteran of the Civil War. The battery was used to protect the Los Angeles Harbor from WWI until January 1944, when the gun was dismantled and cut up for scrap. The gun was obsolete by the start of WWII as the 16-inch guns of battle ships could out-range Battery Farley's gun by at least 8 miles. In 1976, Battery Farley was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is now part of the Fort MacArthur Military Museum at 37th Street and Gaffey Street, San Pedro. John R. Kielbasa
3601 S. Gaffey St
310 548-2631
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Battery Leary
The left photo showing the Nike radar platform. The right showing the concrete parapet and the Korean Bell down the hill. The Korean Bell is built on an old 6-inch gun battery known as Battery 241, built during World War II. A symbol of peace built on an instrument of war. John R. Kielbasa
37th St and Gaffey St
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Battery Merriam
These two batteries (Merriam and Leary) were built around the same time as the Osgood-Farley Batteries on the Upper Reservation of Fort MacArthur. They are nearly identical to the Osgood-Farley, but have been altered over the years. Battery Leary-Merriam also had two 14-inch M1910 guns on disappearing carriages. After its guns were declared obsolete and dismantled in 1944, the underground rooms of the battery were used for the Harbor Entrance Command Post (HECP), which the Navy used to monitor ship traffic coming into the harbor. It was also used by the Army for their command post for the Harbor Defenses of Los Angeles. During the 1950s and 1960s, the structure was used as the command post and radar station for Nike Missile Battery LA-43, whose launch facilities were at White Point, a few miles to the west. The Nike radar domes were on raised platforms located around Leary's gun pit. It is now part of the Marine Exchange Building, a modern day equivalent of the Navy's old HECP. Upper Reservation of Fort MacArthur at 37th and Gaffey Streets. John R. Kielbasa
37th St and Gaffey St
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Battery Osgood-Farley
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This is the center section of Battery Osgood-Farley at the Upper Reservation of Fort MacArthur. The two batteries had a two 14-inch disappearing rifles that could fire a 1560 pound projectile about 17 miles out to sea. The barrel length of the guns were 48 feet, 6 inches. Construction of the battery began in September 15, 1916 and completed in October 10, 1919. The batteries were named after Brigadier General Henry B. Osgood of the Coast Artillery Corps and Brigadier General Joseph P. Farley of the Ordinance Department at the time. Both were veterans of the Civil War. The batteries were used to protect the Los Angeles Harbor from W.W.I until January 1944, when the guns were dismantled and cut up for scrap. The gun was obsolete by the start of W.W.II as the 16-inch guns of battle ships could out-range Battery Osgood-Farley's guns by at least 8 miles. In 1976, Battery Osgood-Farley was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. This is the main section of the Fort MacArthur Military Museum. It used to house the Battery Commander Station, plotting room, powder magazine, shell rooms, radio room, storage, and connecting corridors and tunnels. Located at 37th Street and Gaffey Street, San Pedro. John R. Kielbasa
3601 S. Gaffey St
310 548-2631
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Battery Paul D. Bunker
Battery Paul D. Bunker began construction in 1942 and was completed by 1944 at the White Point Military Reservation (part of Fort MacArthur). There were two 16-inch rifle guns, costing $750,00 each, at this site. Each projectile weighed 2300 pounds and had a range of 26 miles. It's was like firing somthing the size of a Volkswagen bug over Catalina Island. The 16-inch guns were built after the outbreak of WWII because the WWI era 14-inch guns about a mile east at Fort MacArhtur's Upper Resevervation were obsolete. In 1946 the two 16-inch guns were sold for $17, 000 and cut up for salvage scrap. The site became a Nike/Ajax Missile Site No. 43 in the 1950s. The site was declared as surplus and sold to the City of Los Angeles in 1975. The property has been fenced off for many years, but it was recently opened to the public as a nature reserve. John R. Kielbasa
Western Avenue and Paseo Del Mar
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