The 8th Coast Artillery Regiment was a Coast Artillery Corps regiment in the United States Army, which garrisoned the Harbor Defenses of Portland, Maine 1924–1944, and the Harbor Defenses of Portsmout
Coat of arms
Fort Preble
Videos
Fort Preble was a military fort in South Portland, Maine, United States, built in 1808 and progressively added to through 1906. The fort was active during all major wars from the War of 1812 through W
Fort Preble, showing some of the incomplete Third System casemates built during the Civil War. Spring Point Ledge Light and Fort Gorges are in the background.
Two M1890MI 12-inch mortars at Fort DeSoto, FL, similar to those at Fort Preble.
One of the six-inch disappearing gun emplacements of Battery Rivardi