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Fort Ward was originally known as Beans Point and was established in 1890, as one of several US Army Coastal Artillery Corps installations, including Fort Flagler, Fort Casey and Fort Worden, built to defend Puget Sound from enemy warships. Its primary objective was to protect the nearby Bremerton Naval Shipyard.
Since Fort Ward could protect part of Puget Sound with its four coastal artillery batteries, the primary defensive tactic at Middle Point was the operation of a minefield in Rich Passage. [3] The mines were electrically controlled from a mining casemate, being able to detonate at the will of the operator instead of from direct contact. [4]
Fort Worden Historical State Park is located in Port Townsend, Washington, 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] Fort Worden was named after U.S. Navy Rear Admiral John Lorimer Worden, commander of USS Monitor ...
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.
A view of Fort Ward Park. Fort Ward Park is park located along Rich Passage on the southern end of Bainbridge Island in Washington. Fort Ward Park is part of the Bainbridge Island Metro Park and Recreation District, on land which the former military base, Fort Ward, was located. [1] It was a state park from 1960 to 2011 but is now locally managed.
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Fort Ward may refer to several former military installations in the United States including: Fort Ward (Florida) Fort Ward (Virginia) Fort Ward (Washington) Fort Ward may also refer to: Fort Ward, Bainbridge Island, Washington, a town; Fort Ward Park, a former state park in Bainbridge Island, Washington, that came under municipal control in 2011
The magic number is 27 million. It is the number of annual passengers that the Puget Sound is projected to be unable to serve by 2050 if the region’s flight-operation capacity does not increase.