The Fort MacArthur Museum Association: Battery 240

Battery Barnes BCN-240 Twin six-inch armored turret guns Today Battery 240 sits quietly above Long Point on property used as the Ranch Palos Verde City Hall. The building has been stripped of all it's original equipment and a new concrete slab has been poured over the engine beds in the generator room. The Battery serves a useful function today as a radio beacon for the US Coast Guard.

Rear entrance to the battery	Northern firing platform
Battery 240 above Long Point

The Guns of Fort MacArthur

    Battery Osgood - Farley
    Battery Leary Merriam
    Battery Barlow - Saxton
    Battery Lodor
    Battery Erwin

Battery Eubanks

Battery 127 (Paul D Bunker)

Battery 128

    Battery 240 (Harry C. Barnes)
        Photos of the battery today
        Battery details

Battery 241

Battery 242 (Harry J Harrison)

90mm AMTB

155 GPF Mobile Guns

Anti-Aircraft (Fixed and Mobile)

Missile Systems of Fort MacArthur

The Nike Program

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Last updated on 27-Jun-2007