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Fort Armstrong, Hawaii was a Coast Artillery Fort built in 1907 and named after Brigadier General Samuel C. Armstrong. Army Corps of Engineers were still at the Fort until 1974.

History

Fort Armstrong is located at Honolulu, Oahu and was built on fill over Ku-akau-kukui reef in 1907 to protect Honolulu harbor. It had one named Battery, and was spread over 64 Acres.

• Battery Tiernon with two pedestal mounted 3-inch M1903 guns from 1911 to 1943.

The original garrison was the 1st Coast artillery Company followed by the 104th Mine Co. operating the harbor mines. Also stationed there was the 185th Coast Artillery Company. Fort Armstrong continued under the occupation of the Coast Artillery until September 15, 1922, when the Coast Artillery Headquarters moved to Fort De Russy. It was abandoned by the U.S. Army by 1950 and is now part of a container port facility.

See also

• U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps
• Mine Planter Service (U.S. Army)
• 16th Coast Artillery (United States)

References

1. "American Seacoast Defenses Forts, Military Reservations and Batteries 1794-1945: Oahu 1922" (PDF). Coast Defense Study Group (cdsg.org). Retrieved January 19, 2018.

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• https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/64000142_text
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• https://web.archive.org/web/20100125221718/http://www.cdsg.org/hawaii.htm
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• Congressional record
• executive order Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
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• Fortifications Bill 1920

External links

• film of pier
• Coast Artillery Companies Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine

v t e Military installations in Hawaii
Army	Fort Fort Shafter Fort DeRussy Airfield Wheeler Barracks Schofield Medical Center Tripler Training Area Pohakuloa Army National Guard Keaukaha Decommissioned Fort Armstrong Fort Kamehameha Fort Ruger
Marine Corps	Base Marine Corps Base Hawaii Air Station Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay Camp Camp H. M. Smith Ranges MCTAB Puuloa Decommissioned Marine Corps Air Station Ewa Camp Tarawa
Navy	Naval Air Station Barbers Point Radio Station Lualualei Base Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam Ranges Pacific Missile Range Facility Other NCTAMS PAC
Air Force	Base Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam Station Bellows Ka'ala Koke'e Air National Guard Kahului Keaukaha
Space Force	Station Kaena Point Maui Space Surveillance Complex
Coast Guard	Air Station Barbers Point

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