Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound

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Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound were a network of U.S. coastal fortifications and military installations designed to protect the Puget Sound region and its naval facilities from seaborne attack, particularly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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instanceOf United States Army coast artillery command
coastal defense system
armamentType disappearing guns
minefields
mortars
rifled coast artillery guns
searchlights
commandStructure Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound, U.S. Army
country United States
defendedArea Admiralty Inlet
Bremerton Navy Yard
Seattle harbor
linked to: Seattle Waterfront

Strait of Juan de Fuca
linked to: Juan de Fuca Strait
hasPart Battery Ash
Battery Bankhead
Battery Benson
Battery Brannon
Battery Calwell
Battery Downes
Battery Garrison
Battery Grattan
Battery Harvey Allen
Battery Kingsbury
Battery Kinzie
Battery Lawrence
Battery Moore
Battery Putnam
Battery Quarles
Battery Randol
Battery Revere
Battery Schenck
Battery Stoddard
Battery Tibbets
Battery Tolles
Battery Turman
Battery Valleau
Battery Vicars
Battery Walker
Battery Wilhelm
Fort Casey
Fort Ebey
Fort Flagler
Fort Ward
Fort Whitman
Fort Worden
locatedIn Puget Sound
Washington State
linked to: Washington
notableEra Endicott Period
Taft Period
operatedBy United States Army
United States Army Coast Artillery Corps
partOf United States coastal defense system
primaryFunction defense of Puget Sound against naval attack
protection of naval bases in Puget Sound
status deactivated
successor modern air and naval defenses of Puget Sound
usedInConflict World War I
World War II

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Fort Ward partOf Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound
Puget Sound Navy Museum theme Puget Sound naval installations
linked to: Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound
Endicott Period coast defenses locatedIn Puget Sound defenses
linked to: Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound
Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound commandStructure Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound, U.S. Army
linked to: Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound
Fort Casey gun batteries partOf “Triangle of Fire” Puget Sound coastal defenses
linked to: Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound
Fort Casey partOf Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound
Endicott Board report of 1886 implementedIn Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound