The Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound was a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps harbor defense command. It coordinated the coast defenses of Long Island Sound and Connecticut from 1895 to 1950
Typical US disappearing gun battery for two guns.
12-inch mortars, similar to those at Fort H. G. Wright and Fort Terry.
10-inch gun M1888 on disappearing carriage M1896, similar to other large disappearing guns.
6-inch gun M1900 on pedestal mount M1900. Early 6-inch installations were on disappearing mounts, later installations were on pedestal mounts.
Fort H. G. Wright
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Fort H. G. Wright was a United States military installation on Fishers Island in the town of Southold, New York, two miles offshore from southeastern Connecticut. It was part of the Harbor Defenses of
12-inch mortars, Battery Clinton, Fort H. G. Wright
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12-inch (305 mm) disappearing gun firing, similar to Battery Butterfield
10-inch (254 mm) gun M1895 on disappearing carriage M1901, similar to Battery Barlow