Battery Winslow (12 - 122)
N 37°07.855 W075°57.698
Named after Brig. Gen. Eben Eveleth Winslow and built of reinforced concreteand steel covered with earth beginning in 1941. Construction completed in 1943
but the gun shields weren't installed until 1945. This battery was armed with
two 16-inch MKII M1 Navy guns on M4 barbette carriages (1943 - 1948).
A B.C. Station is on top of this battery.
{see "American Seacoast Defenses" 2nd Ed. page 176}
 The south casemate. |
 The rear of the south casemate. |
 The north casemate of Battery Winslow. |
 The rear of the north casemate. |
 Inside a room in the south casemate. |
 A buried rear entrance to Battery Winslow, between the two casemates. |
The BC Station on top of the battery.
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