Harbor Defenses of Sitka, Alaska

 
 

LOCATION : Kayak Island (Fort Rousseau)

 

         

 
 

Base End Station B2 S2 for Battery 292 and Searchlights No. 13 and No. 14

Base End Station B2 S2 for Battery 292 was a two room concrete structure completed on the rocks just above the high water line.  This station was completed and manned through 1944.

Searchlights No. 13 and No. 14 both had splinter-proof concrete shelters.  Both lights were controlled from a double Distant Electric Control (DEC) Station.  There was a separate power building that provided for both searchlights.

 

Base End Station B2 S2 for Battery 292 - June 18th, 2004

 

Photos and additional information:

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