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== Battery 204 ==

Construction started in 1942 on this six-inch battery located at Odiorne's Point behind the 155mm battery. Two shielded barbette guns were located on either side of a magazine structure covered with earth. The battery was completed in 1944 and had a battery commanders station built on top and accessed via a ladder from the magazines. The proposed name for this battery was to be Battery M. H. Barry but it was not formally named. Around the structure were various Anti Aircraft guns and Machine Guns. The battery remained active until the wars end in 1945. Today it is closed due to Asbestos and an endangered bat species who is living in the battery.<center><gallery widths="140" heights="140" caption="Battery 204">

Construction started in 1942 on this six-inch battery located at Odiorne's Point behind the 155mm battery. Two shielded barbette guns were located on either side of a magazine structure covered with earth. The battery was completed in 1944 and had a battery commanders station built on top and accessed via a ladder from the magazines. The proposed name for this battery was to be Battery M. H. Barry but it was not formally named. This Battery IS LISTED bATTERY #1 on defense charts. Around the structure were various Anti-Aircraft guns and Machine Guns. The battery remained active until the wars end in 1945. Today it is closed due to Asbestos and an endangered bat species who is living in the battery.<center><gallery widths="140" heights="140" caption="Battery 204">

File:Battery 204 Plan.jpg|Battery 204 Plan

File:Battery 204 Phanton Odirone Point.jpg|Battery 204 RCW

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== Battery 103/Seamen ==

Construction on this casemented 16 inch battery began in 1942 and was completed by 1944. It is located at Frost Point and was the largest guns to defend Portsmouth. The battery construction number was 103 but it was renamed to honor Colonel Claudius M. Seamen. The 25 mile range of the guns meant that Fire Control Towers needed to be used. They were located all the way from Halibut Point Massachusetts to Great Hill in Maine. It was painted to blend in with the surrounding environment and remnant of the paint can be seen today. Similar to Battery 204 the Battery commanders station was built atop the battery and was a side by side station for the Gun Group G1. A concrete Gun Group 1 building is located behind the battery. Due to the shock from the firing of these guns larger caliber batteries like this one were designed to have the plotting room a separate reinforced concrete casement covered with earth. Like battery 204 Anti Aircraft and Machine guns were located around the battery. Shields were added to the guns in 1946. During the only test firing of the gun in 1944 the shock from the gun damaged many windows of houses nearby but most notably of the Wentworth Hotel in New Castle. After the test firing the battery was but into caretaker status.<center><gallery caption="Battery 103/Seamen">

Construction on this casemented 16-inch battery began in 1942 and was completed by 1944. It is located at Frost Point and was the largest guns to defend Portsmouth. The battery construction number was 103 but it was renamed to honor Colonel Claudius M. Seamen. The 25-mile range of the guns meant that Fire Control Towers needed to be used. This Battery was designated Battery #2 on defense charts. They were located all the way from Halibut Point Massachusetts to Great Hill in Maine. It was painted to blend in with the surrounding environment and remnant of the paint can be seen today. Similar to Battery 204 the Battery commanders' station was built atop the battery and was a side-by-side station for the Gun Group G1. A concrete Gun Group 1 building is located behind the battery. Due to the shock from the firing of these guns' larger caliber batteries like this one were designed to have the plotting room a separate reinforced concrete casement covered with earth. Like battery 204 Anti-Aircraft and Machine guns were located around the battery. Shields were added to the guns in 1946. During the only test firing of the gun in 1944 the shock from the gun damaged many windows of houses nearby but most notably of the Wentworth Hotel in New Castle. After the test firing the battery was but into caretaker status.<center><gallery caption="Battery 103/Seamen">

File:Battery 103 Plan NARA.jpg|Battery 103 Plan

File:Field of Fire Battery 103.jpg|Field of Fire

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 == Battery 204 ==
-Construction started in 1942 on this six-inch battery located at Odiorne's Point behind the 155mm battery. Two shielded barbette guns were located on either side of a magazine structure covered with earth. The battery was completed in 1944 and had a battery commanders station built on top and accessed via a ladder from the magazines. The proposed name for this battery was to be Battery M. H. Barry but it was not formally named. Around the structure were various Anti Aircraft guns and Machine Guns. The battery remained active until the wars end in 1945. Today it is closed due to Asbestos and an endangered bat species who is living in the battery.<center><gallery widths="140" heights="140" caption="Battery 204">
+Construction started in 1942 on this six-inch battery located at Odiorne's Point behind the 155mm battery. Two shielded barbette guns were located on either side of a magazine structure covered with earth. The battery was completed in 1944 and had a battery commanders station built on top and accessed via a ladder from the magazines. The proposed name for this battery was to be Battery M. H. Barry but it was not formally named. This Battery IS LISTED bATTERY #1 on defense charts. Around the structure were various Anti-Aircraft guns and Machine Guns. The battery remained active until the wars end in 1945. Today it is closed due to Asbestos and an endangered bat species who is living in the battery.<center><gallery widths="140" heights="140" caption="Battery 204">
 File:Battery 204 Plan.jpg|Battery 204 Plan
 File:Battery 204 Phanton Odirone Point.jpg|Battery 204 RCW
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 == Battery 103/Seamen ==
-Construction on this casemented 16 inch battery began in 1942 and was completed by 1944. It is located at Frost Point and was the largest guns to defend Portsmouth. The battery construction number was 103 but it was renamed to honor Colonel Claudius M. Seamen. The 25 mile range of the guns meant that Fire Control Towers needed to be used. They were located all the way from Halibut Point Massachusetts to Great Hill in Maine. It was painted to blend in with the surrounding environment and remnant of the paint can be seen today. Similar to Battery 204 the Battery commanders station was built atop the battery and was a side by side station for the Gun Group G1. A concrete Gun Group 1 building is located behind the battery. Due to the shock from the firing of these guns larger caliber batteries like this one were designed to have the plotting room a separate reinforced concrete casement covered with earth. Like battery 204 Anti Aircraft and Machine guns were located around the battery. Shields were added to the guns in 1946. During the only test firing of the gun in 1944 the shock from the gun damaged many windows of houses nearby but most notably of the Wentworth Hotel in New Castle. After the test firing the battery was but into caretaker status.<center><gallery caption="Battery 103/Seamen">
+Construction on this casemented 16-inch battery began in 1942 and was completed by 1944. It is located at Frost Point and was the largest guns to defend Portsmouth. The battery construction number was 103 but it was renamed to honor Colonel Claudius M. Seamen. The 25-mile range of the guns meant that Fire Control Towers needed to be used. This Battery was designated Battery #2 on defense charts. They were located all the way from Halibut Point Massachusetts to Great Hill in Maine. It was painted to blend in with the surrounding environment and remnant of the paint can be seen today. Similar to Battery 204 the Battery commanders' station was built atop the battery and was a side-by-side station for the Gun Group G1. A concrete Gun Group 1 building is located behind the battery. Due to the shock from the firing of these guns' larger caliber batteries like this one were designed to have the plotting room a separate reinforced concrete casement covered with earth. Like battery 204 Anti-Aircraft and Machine guns were located around the battery. Shields were added to the guns in 1946. During the only test firing of the gun in 1944 the shock from the gun damaged many windows of houses nearby but most notably of the Wentworth Hotel in New Castle. After the test firing the battery was but into caretaker status.<center><gallery caption="Battery 103/Seamen">
 File:Battery 103 Plan NARA.jpg|Battery 103 Plan
 File:Field of Fire Battery 103.jpg|Field of Fire