# Fort Armstrong (Hawaii) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fort_Armstrong_(Hawaii) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fort_Armstrong_(Hawaii).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Armstrong_(Hawaii) > Source revision: 1355435037 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Former US Army Coast Artillery Fort in Oahu, Hawaii Fort Armstrong Part of United States Army Coast Artillery Corps Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii Site information Type Coastal artillery fort Condition Abandoned; now part of container port Site history Built 1907 Built by United States Army Corps of Engineers In use 1907–1950 Garrison information Garrison 1st Coast Artillery Company, 104th Mine Company, 185th Coast Artillery Company **Fort Armstrong**, Hawaii was a [Coast Artillery](/source/Coast_Artillery) Fort built in 1907 and named after [Brigadier General](/source/Brigadier_General) [Samuel C. Armstrong](/source/Samuel_C._Armstrong). The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were still at the fort until 1974. ## History Fort Armstrong is located at [Honolulu](/source/Honolulu), [Oahu](/source/Oahu) and was built on landfill over [Ku-akau-kukui reef](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ku-akau-kukui_reef&action=edit&redlink=1) in 1907 to protect Honolulu harbor. It featured one named battery, and was spread over 64 acres.[1] - Battery Tiernon with two pedestal mounted [3-inch M1903](/source/3-inch_gun_M1903) guns from 1911 to 1943. [\[1\]](https://books.google.com/books?id=19ehAAAAMAAJ&dq=Battery+Tiernon&pg=PA94) The original garrison was the 1st Coast artillery Company followed by the 104th Mine Co. operating the harbor mines. Also stationed there was the 185th Coast Artillery Company. Fort Armstrong continued under the occupation of the Coast Artillery until September 15, 1922, when the Coast Artillery Headquarters moved to [Fort DeRussy](/source/Fort_DeRussy_Military_Reservation). It was abandoned by the U.S. Army by 1950 and is now part of a container port facility. ## See also - [U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps](/source/U.S._Army_Coast_Artillery_Corps) - [Mine Planter Service (U.S. Army)](/source/Mine_Planter_Service_(U.S._Army)) - [16th Coast Artillery (United States)](/source/16th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-CDSG1922Oahu_1-0)** ["American Seacoast Defenses Forts, Military Reservations and Batteries 1794-1945: Oahu 1922"](http://cdsg.org/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/CDSG/CDSG%20WEBSITE%20UPDATES/CDSG%20Downloads/AMERICAN%20SEACOAST%20DEFENSES%20FORTS,%20MILITARY%20RESERVATIONS%20and%20BATTERIES%201794-1945/hawaii/HDHI1921.pdf) (PDF). *Coast Defense Study Group (cdsg.org)*. Retrieved January 19, 2018. - [https://web.archive.org/web/20110816235445/http://www.pod.usace.army.mil/Photo%20Gallery/podphoto.html](https://web.archive.org/web/20110816235445/http://www.pod.usace.army.mil/Photo%20Gallery/podphoto.html) - [https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/64000142_text](https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/64000142_text) - place names [\[2\]](https://books.google.com/books?id=fkw4JooFxZAC&dq=fort+armstrong+hawaii&pg=PA13) - [http://itouchmap.com/?d=1953656&s=HI&f=military](http://itouchmap.com/?d=1953656&s=HI&f=military) - [https://web.archive.org/web/20100125221718/http://www.cdsg.org/hawaii.htm](https://web.archive.org/web/20100125221718/http://www.cdsg.org/hawaii.htm) - Hawaii past and present [\[3\]](https://books.google.com/books?id=4xkbAAAAYAAJ&dq=fort+armstrong%2C+Hawaii&pg=PA90) - Congressional record [\[4\]](https://books.google.com/books?id=HdZGAQAAIAAJ&dq=fort+armstrong+hawaii&pg=PP5-IA1) - executive order [\[5\]](http://trumanlibrary.org/executiveorders/index.php?pid=277) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120415051049/http://trumanlibrary.org/executiveorders/index.php?pid=277) 2012-04-15 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) - land transfers [\[6\]](https://books.google.com/books?id=K4hNAAAAYAAJ&dq=fort+armstrong+Immigration+station&pg=PA427) - Fortifications Bill 1920 [\[7\]](https://books.google.com/books?id=AvEsAAAAYAAJ&dq=fort+armstrong%2C+Hawaii&pg=PA100) ## External links - film of pier [\[8\]](http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675046033_Dwight-F-Davis_USS-Pennsylvania_Captain-Greenslade_inspecting-troops) - Coast Artillery Companies [\[9\]](http://www.cdsg.org/reprint%20PDFs/CACcomp.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20111005100325/http://www.cdsg.org/reprint%20PDFs/CACcomp.pdf) 2011-10-05 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) v t e Military installations in Hawaii Army Fort Fort Shafter Fort DeRussy Airfield Wheeler Barracks Schofield Medical Center Tripler Training Area Pohakuloa Army National Guard Keaukaha Decommissioned Fort Armstrong Fort Kamehameha Fort Ruger Marine Corps Base Marine Corps Base Hawaii Air Station Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay Camp Camp H. M. Smith Ranges MCTAB Puuloa Decommissioned Marine Corps Air Station Ewa Camp Tarawa Navy Naval Air Station Barbers Point Radio Station Lualualei Base Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam Ranges Pacific Missile Range Facility Other NCTAMS PAC Air Force Base Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam Station Bellows Ka'ala Koke'e Air National Guard Kahului Keaukaha Space Force Station Kaena Point Maui Space Surveillance Complex Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Fort Armstrong (Hawaii)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Armstrong_(Hawaii)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Armstrong_(Hawaii)?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.