Fort H. G. Wright

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Fort H. G. Wright was a coastal artillery fortification on Fishers Island, New York, that played a key role in the seaward defense of Long Island Sound and the approaches to New York City.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army fort ⓘ
coastal artillery fortification ⓘ
armamentType anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
disappearing guns ⓘ
mortars ⓘ
rifled coast artillery guns ⓘ
builtDuring Endicott Period of U.S. coastal defenses ⓘ
constructionBegan late 19th century ⓘ
controlledApproachesTo New York City ⓘ
eastern Long Island Sound ⓘ
coordinates approximately 41.263°N 72.000°W ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
era Endicott-era coastal fortification ⓘ
function defense of the approaches to New York City ⓘ
seaward defense of Long Island Sound ⓘ
garrisonType coast artillery garrison ⓘ
hasFacility coast artillery batteries ⓘ
fire control stations ⓘ
searchlight positions ⓘ
locatedIn Fishers Island, New York ⓘ
Long Island Sound ⓘ
Suffolk County, New York ⓘ
locatedOn Fishers Island ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
United States Army Coast Artillery Corps ⓘ
namedAfter Horatio G. Wright ⓘ
Union Army general Horatio Gouverneur Wright ⓘ
owner United States federal government ⓘ
partOf Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound ⓘ
coastal defenses of the United States ⓘ
partOfDefensiveSystemWith Fort Mansfield ⓘ
Fort Michie ⓘ
Fort Terry ⓘ
regionServed Northeastern United States coast ⓘ
state New York ⓘ
status decommissioned ⓘ
strategicRole deterrence of enemy naval forces off southern New England ⓘ
protection of maritime traffic in Long Island Sound ⓘ
usedDuring World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
waterBodyGuarded Atlantic Ocean approaches to New York Harbor ⓘ
Long Island Sound ⓘ

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