Artillery - East Batteries
Batteries Stoddard and Putnam
The purpose of Battery Stoddard and adjacent Battery Putnam was to protect from attacks from small boats near the shoreline and to defend a proposed mine field on the beach below.
Battery Stoddard
Type: Disappearing Guns
Size: 4 – 6″ Diameter
Constructed: 1903-1906
Named after: Major Amos Stoddard, died in action against the British in 1813
Gun Weight: 48 tons
Shell Weight: 108 pounds
Range: 7.5 miles
Rate of fire: 4 rounds per minute
Removed: 1918/1945
Battery Putnam
Type: Pedestal Mounted Rapid Fire Guns
Size: 2 -3″ Diameter
Constructed: 1903-1906
Named after: Col. Haldimand Putnam. Killed in action in 1863
Gun Weight: 4.5 tons
Shell Weight: 15 pounds
Range: 6 miles
Rate of fire: 12 rounds per minute
Removed: 1945
