Battery 129
Battery 129 was a part of Fort Barry, part of the harbor defense of San Francisco and was built from 1942 to 1944. The battery should be equipped with two 16" guns but these were never mounted. The battery never became operational.
Nowadays the battery is open to the public.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: John Stanton
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