Battery Tactical #3
Buskin Hill, HD Kodiak
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The Coast Artillery took control of the battery on Buskin Hill in October of 1942, after only two months of construction. The battery consisted of four 155-mm GPF guns emplaced on circular Panama type mounts. Interestingly, numerous small dugouts and trenches are preserved near the gun positions, possibly the remains of ready ammunition magazines or crew shelters.

The Battery Command station and a plotting room were located on a small hill southwest of the gun emplacements


Emplacements #1 and #2


The #1 gun position.
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Small dugout northwest of the gun position.
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The #2 gun position.
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Looking northwest from the gun position at possible ready ammunition magazines.
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Emplacements #3 and #4


The #3 gun position is very overgrown.
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Small dugout south of the gun, shown on the Form 7.
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The #4 gun position.
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Closer view of the #4 gun position.
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Log retaining walls about 150 feet northeast of the #4 gun position.
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Small dugout northwest of the #4 gun position.
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Documents
Form 1May 1, 1944
Form 7, page 1 
Form 7, page 2May 1944
Form 7, page 3May 1944
Detail map of area.September 1944
Fire Control Chart.October 1944



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