Sagamore Hill Military Reservation

Sagamore Hill Military Reservation was a coastal defense site located in Sagamore Beach, Massachusetts. Today, the site is the location of Scusset Beach State Reservation.

Sagamore Hill Military Reservation
Part of Harbor Defenses of Boston
Sagamore Beach, Massachusetts
A 155mm gun and crew at Sagamore Hill, on a Panama mount.
Sagamore Hill Military Reservation
Location in Massachusetts
Coordinates41°46′38.28″N 70°30′11.50″W
TypeCoastal Defense
Site information
OwnerMassachusetts
Controlled byUnited States Army
Site history
Built1940s
Built byUnited States Army
In use1941–1945
Battles/warsWorld War II
Garrison information
GarrisonSagamore Beach, Massachusetts
OccupantsBattery C, 241st Coast Artillery

History

Sagamore Hill Military Reservation was built on state land in 1941-1942 by Battery C, 241st Coast Artillery Regiment of the Massachusetts National Guard, beginning shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Its mission was to protect the northern entrance of the Cape Cod Canal from possible naval attack; it was mirrored at the southern entrance by Butler Point Military Reservation. The site had two "Panama mounts" (circular concrete platforms) for two towed 155mm guns. It never fired its guns in defense but did play an important part in the defense of the canal. The reservation was deactivated on 1 April 1945.[1]

The site now

The Panama mounts and battery commander's station of the two-gun 155 mm battery still remain, as well as several magazine "igloos".[2]

See also

References
  1. Sagamore Hill Military Reservation at FortWiki.com
  2. "Southeastern Massachusetts - Sagamore Hill". American Forts Network. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  • Berhow, Mark A., Ed. (2015). American Seacoast Defenses, A Reference Guide, Third Edition. McLean, Virginia: CDSG Press. ISBN 978-0-9748167-3-9.
  • Butler, Gerald (2002). The Military History of the Cape Cod Canal. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0738510092.
  • Farson, Robert H. (1977). The Cape Cod Canal. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 0819550124.
  • Lewis, Emanuel Raymond (1979). Seacoast Fortifications of the United States. Annapolis: Leeward Publications. ISBN 978-0-929521-11-4.
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