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Fort Worden Historical State Park is located in Port Townsend, Washington, [1] on 433 acres (175 hectares) originally known as Fort Worden, a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps base constructed to protect Puget Sound from invasion by sea. [2]
A history museum is located downtown and the Port Townsend Aero Museum is located at the local airport. The Northwest Maritime Center is located on the waterfront, and features a wooden boat shop. The Port Townsend Marine Science Center has facilities at Fort Worden State Park.
Puget Sound Coast Artillery Museum is a military museum located at Fort Worden State Park on Puget Sound, in the State of Washington. [1] [2] The museum occupies part of Building 201, a former barracks at Fort Worden. [3] [4]
The National Register recognizes places of national, state, or local historic significance across the United States. [1] Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [ 2 ] Washington is home to approximately 1,500, [ 3 ] and 80 of those are found partially or wholly in Jefferson County.
The Point Wilson Light is an active aid to navigation located in Fort Worden State Park near Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Washington. [3] It is one of the most important navigational aids in the state, overlooking the entrance to Admiralty Inlet, the waterway connecting the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound.
The 69th was created May 27, 1918, at Fort Worden and was placed into coastal artillery. In August of that same year the brigade was shipped to England. Most of the brigade including the commanding officer Lt. Colonel Edward W. Turner was taken overseas by the ship USS Jason, and since there wasn’t enough room on the Jason for all the ...
The regiment was constituted and organized 10 December 1917 as 63rd Artillery (CAC) at Fort Worden, Wa.Shipped to Camp Mills June 1918, arrived in France 14 July 1918. and assigned to 39th Brigade CAC. returned to Camp Mills February 1919, demobilized at Camp Lewis 21 March 1919.
Fort Casey State Park is located on Whidbey Island, in Island County, Washington state. [2] It is a Washington state park and a historic district within the U.S. Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve .