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Fort Foster (Kittery, Maine)

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Fort Foster, now part of Fort Foster Park, is a historic fort active 1901-1946 on the southwest tip of Gerrish Island in the Kittery Point area of Kittery, Maine. [1]

39 relations: American Civil War, American entry into World War I, Barbette, Board of Fortifications, Disappearing gun, Edward Payson Chapin, Fire control tower, Fire-control system, Fort Casey, Fort Foster (disambiguation), Fort Foster (Washington County, Maine), Fort Stark, Fort William and Mary, Harbor Defense Command, Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth, Henry Bohlen, John G. Foster, Kittery Point, Maine, Kittery, Maine, Minesweeper, Motor Torpedo Boat, Odiorne Point State Park, Piscataqua River, Portsmouth Harbor Light, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Railway gun, Seacoast defense in the United States, Submarine mines in United States harbor defense, United States Army Coast Artillery Corps, Washington (state), Western Front (World War I), Whaleback Light, York County, Maine, 10-inch gun M1895, 16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun, 22nd Coast Artillery (United States), 3-inch gun M1903, 6-inch gun M1897, 90 mm Gun M1/M2/M3.

American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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American entry into World War I

The American entry into World War I came in April 1917, after more than two and a half years of efforts by President Woodrow Wilson to keep the United States out of the war.

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Barbette

Barbettes are several types of gun emplacement in terrestrial fortifications or on naval ships.

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Board of Fortifications

Several boards have been appointed by US presidents or Congress to evaluate the US defensive fortifications, primarily coastal defenses near strategically important harbors on the US shores, its territories, and its protectorates.

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Disappearing gun

A disappearing gun, a gun mounted on a disappearing carriage, is an obsolete type of artillery which enabled a gun to hide from direct fire and observation.

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Edward Payson Chapin

Edward Payson Chapin (August 16, 1831 – May 27, 1863) was an American lawyer and soldier.

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Fire control tower

A fire control tower is a structure located near the coastline, used to detect and locate enemy vessels offshore, direct fire upon them from coastal batteries, or adjust the aim of guns by spotting shell splashes.

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Fire-control system

A fire-control system is a number of components working together, usually a gun data computer, a director, and radar, which is designed to assist a weapon system in hitting its target.

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Fort Casey

Fort Casey State Park is located on Whidbey Island, in Island County, Washington state.

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Fort Foster (disambiguation)

Fort Foster may refer to.

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Fort Foster (Washington County, Maine)

Fort Foster was a military site of the American Revolutionary War in what is now East Machias, Maine.

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Fort Stark

Fort Stark is a former military fortification in New Castle, New Hampshire, United States.

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Fort William and Mary

Fort William and Mary was a colonial fortification in Britain's worldwide system of defenses, manned by soldiers of the Province of New Hampshire who reported directly to the royal governor.

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Harbor Defense Command

A Harbor Defense Command was a military organization of the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps designated in 1925 from predecessor organizations dating from circa 1895.

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Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth

The Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth was a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps harbor defense command.

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Henry Bohlen

Henry Bohlen (October 22, 1810 – August 22, 1862) was a German-American Union Brigadier General of the American Civil War.

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John G. Foster

John Gray Foster (May 27, 1823 – September 2, 1874) was a career military officer in the United States Army and a Union general during the American Civil War whose most distinguished services were in North and South Carolina.

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Kittery Point, Maine

Kittery Point is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Kittery, York County, Maine, United States.

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Kittery, Maine

Kittery is a town in York County, Maine, United States.

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Minesweeper

A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to engage in minesweeping.

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Motor Torpedo Boat

Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) was the name given to fast torpedo boats by the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy.

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Odiorne Point State Park

Odiorne Point State Park is a New Hampshire state park located on the seacoast in Rye near Portsmouth.

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Piscataqua River

The Piscataqua River is a tidal river forming the boundary of the U.S. states of New Hampshire and Maine from its origin at the confluence of the Salmon Falls River and Cocheco River.

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Portsmouth Harbor Light

Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located within Fort Constitution in New Castle, New Hampshire, United States.

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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS), often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy shipyard located in Kittery on the southern boundary of Maine near the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

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Railway gun

A railway gun, also called a railroad gun, is a large artillery piece, often surplus naval artillery, mounted on, transported by, and fired from a specially designed railway wagon.

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Seacoast defense in the United States

Seacoast defense was a major concern for the United States from its independence until World War II.

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Submarine mines in United States harbor defense

The modern era of defending American harbors with controlled mines or submarine mines (also called "naval mines" and originally referred to as "torpedoes") began in the post-Civil War period, and was a major part of US harbor defenses from circa 1900 to 1947.

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United States Army Coast Artillery Corps

The U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps (CAC) was an administrative corps responsible for coastal, harbor, and anti-aircraft defense of the United States between 1901 and 1950.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Western Front (World War I)

The Western Front was the main theatre of war during the First World War.

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Whaleback Light

Whaleback Light is a historic lighthouse marking the mouth of the Piscataqua River between New Castle, New Hampshire and Kittery, Maine.

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York County, Maine

York County is the southwesternmost county in the U.S. state of Maine, along the state of New Hampshire's eastern border.

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10-inch gun M1895

The 10-inch Gun M1895 (254 mm) and its variants the M1888 and M1900 were large coastal artillery pieces installed to defend major American seaports between 1895 and 1945.

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16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun

The 16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun and the near-identical Mark 3 were guns originally designed and built for the United States Navy as the main armament for the ''South Dakota''-class battleships and s. At the time, they were among the heaviest guns built for use as naval artillery.

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22nd Coast Artillery (United States)

The 22nd Coast Artillery Regiment was a Coast Artillery regiment in the United States Army.

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3-inch gun M1903

The 3-inch gun M1903 and its predecessors the M1898 and M1902 were rapid fire breech-loading artillery guns with a 360-degree traverse.

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6-inch gun M1897

The 6-inch gun M1897 (152 mm) and its variants the M1900, M1903, M1905, M1908, and M1 (a.k.a. T2) were coastal artillery pieces installed to defend major American seaports between 1897 and 1945.

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90 mm Gun M1/M2/M3

The 90–mm Gun M1/M2/M3 is an American heavy anti-aircraft and anti-tank gun, playing a role similar to the German 8.8cm Flak 18.

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Fort Foster Park, Fort Foster, Maine.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Foster_(Kittery,_Maine)

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