Forts
Created by Lyman Moore Middle School students
Item: 13753 | more info
Title: Co. A Fort McKinley, Great Diamond Island, 1931
Contributor: Maine Historical Society
Fort Mckinley is the largest of the U.S. army coast defense forts built at the turn of the century.
Fort McKinley was retired from active service in 1945
Fort Preble was manned throughout World War II and deactivated in 1950.
In 1946 Fort Gorges was declared surplus by the General Services Administration. Fort Scammel was retired from active duty just after the Spanish-American War.