Historic California Posts, Camps,
Stations and Airfields
Fort Miley: Anti-Aircraft Battery
History
by Justin Ruhge
Work on an antiaircraft battery at Fort
Miley commenced in 1920 and was completed in 1925. In 1929 two
carriages had been supplied that were AA Model 1917, Serial No.
130 and 159 made by Watertown Arsenal. No guns were mounted during
this period. The location of the mounting plugs is on the 1914
map of Fort Miley shown earlier.
During World War II, Antiaircraft Battery
4 was located on Lincoln Park Golf Course adjacent to Fort Miley,
with three 3-inch guns on mobile mounts. The director was to
be located on high ground in the vicinity of the battery. The
battery had AA Searchlight 10. No observation post was listed,
but it had AA machine gun platoons 13 and 14. No magazine was
required.
Report of
Completed Works - Seacoast Fortifications