Battery Const. #298
Fort Learnard, HD Dutch Harbor
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Battery Const. #298 was armed with two 6-inch guns emplaced in turret-like steel shields to either side of a central magazine and plotting structure. The Army started construction on August 20, 1942 and the battery was completed on November 30, 1944.

Modifications made by modern squatters have reduced the historical value of some parts of the battery, most notably the #1 shell rooms and the plotting complex. However, many pieces of original equipment still remain at the battery including a shell cart, parts of the gun carriages and numerous other objects.

Another interesting feature is the wooden addition to the rear of the battery. The addition consisted of several rooms and a wooden tunnel running approximately 700 feet to where it surfaced near the main roadway. The propose of the rooms is unknown, but may have been store rooms or crew quarters. The majority of the addition's wooden roofs have collapsed.

Emplacement #1
Emplacement #2
Power plant
Plotting complex
BC station




Exterior



The battery as seen from near the BC station.
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Looking northeast at the battery.
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Collapsed building at the end of the access tunnel.
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Looking southwest along the collapsed tunnel.
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The northwest end of the addition. The tunnel entered near the middle of the photo.
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Detail of collapsed tunnel segment.
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Looking east at the addition. The main battery is under the mound on the left
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The addition, looking southeast.
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The southeast end of the addition. The power room exhaust pipes are visible near the middle of the photo.
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Looking west at the addition.
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Detail of the vent shaft cover.
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Detail of capped-off air intake.
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Center Corridor



The rear entrance.
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Looking south in the entry area.
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The west corner of the entry area.
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The entry area, looking north.
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Looking east in the entry area.
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Looking northeast, plotting room door on right.
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Looking southwest.
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Detail of electrical box.
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Front Corridor



Looking southeast.
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Looking northwest.
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Detail of various equipment.
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Abandoned equipment near the #1 entrance.
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Detail of equipment.
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A large spanner and a powder canister near the #1 entrance.
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Electrical box near the #2 entrance.
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Detail of old shipping crate parts.
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Detail of shell cart.
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Detail of shell cart.
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Documents
Form 1August 1, 1944
Form 5August 1, 1944
Form 7November 8, 1944
Arc of fire mapDecember 10, 1944
Description of fire control1944
Tabulation of fire control1944
Fire control chartDecember 10, 1944
Plot planDecember 10, 1944
As built drawing Note: modified from the originalAugust 4, 1945




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