Battery Parrott - AMTB 23
N 37°00.141 W076°18.297
Built of concrete between 1902 and 1906 and named after Robert P. Parrott.Originally armed with two 12-inch M1900 guns on M1901 disappearing carriages.
In 1928 the gun tubes were replaced with M1895 gun tubes. Both guns were removed
in 1943 when the battery was modernized. Renamed Battery 23 and re-armed with two
90mm M1 Anti-Motor Torpedo Boat (AMTB) guns on fixed mounts, after modifications to
the guns emplacements. The three story concrete Battery Command (BC) Post at the rear
of the battery (built 1910) contained (bottom to top) the Oil Room, Plotting Room, and
Instrument Room. At a later date, the roof of the BC post was changed into a platform
and probably used for the anti-aircraft battery commander for Irwin.
The battery was decommissioned in 1946.
{see "American Seacoast Defenses" 2nd Ed. pages 150 and 80}
 Battery Parrott B.C. tower. |
 The upper deck of Battery Parrott. |
 Battery Parrott as seen from the fortress. |
 AMTB 23 had two 90-mm guns on fixed mounts. This one is from Fishermans Island and was placed here in 1976. |
 Another view of the gun on Battery Parrott-AMTB 23. |
 Rear view of the gun on Battery Parrott-AMTB 23. |
 A latrine inside Battery Parrott-AMTB 23. |
 Coast Artillery Corps plotting room exhibt (inside Casemate Museum). |
|
|
