Last updated: February 17, 2022
Place
Battery Langdon
Kiss
Quick Facts
Location:
Fort Pickens, Florida
Amenities
3 listed
Bus/Shuttle Stop, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Parking - Auto
Hidden beneath this vegetation is Battery Langdon, Fort Pickens' most powerful gun emplacement. Its 12-inch guns could throw a projectile 17 miles out to sea.
Battery Langdon is named in honor of Brigadier General Loomis L. Langdon, who served at Fort Pickens in 1861 and returned as commander in 1885.
Battery Langdon is a low, massive concrete structure half hidden by sand berms and thick vegetation. Completed in 1923, this massive bunker held two, 12-inch guns.
In World War II the battery was covered with soil to camouflage it from enemy aircraft. In 1943, massive concrete casemates with walls 10-feet thick and overhead masonry 17-feet thick, were added to protect the guns and crew.
Trails leading up to the top of the battery provide a view of the Gulf of Mexico. The interior of Battery Langdon has been adaptively reused to support park operations, there is no visitor access to the interior areas.
List of all batteries in Fort Pickens.