Last updated: May 19, 2023
Place
Battery Humphreys
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In 1885, Secretary of War William C. Endicott, recommended a new system of seacoast defense that employed heavy steel breech-loading rifled guns, large mortars, rapid fire guns and underwater mines.
Named for Major General Andrew A. Humphreys, U.S. Volunteers, served with distinction during the Civil War and was Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1866-1879.
Construction started: 1899
Cost: $93,207
Armament: Two 10-inch guns