Coronado Beach Military Reservation

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Coronado Beach Military Reservation

The planned location of a mortar battery that was never built. Anti-Motor Torpedo Boat Battery Cortez (1943 - 1946) was located here. It has been destroyed. Two World War II fire-control towers were once located here. The reservation contained 40.63 acres and was 1-3/4 miles southeast of Coronado Beach. The sand spit that connected the beach to the mainland was frequently breached during high tide, It is now the site of Silver Strand State Beach.


1940 Program Batteries

Battery name
Number of Guns
Type of Gun
Type of Carriage
Constructed

Cortez
4
90mm M1
Fixed M3 and Mobile M1
1943

Cortez
2
37mm
Mobile
1943

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