Fort Hughes

Fort Hughes
Caballo Island, Philippines
Part of Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays
Manila Bay forts in WWII (inset)
Site information
Controlled byUnited States
Site history
Builtcompleted 1914
Built byUnited States Army Corps of Engineers
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Fort Hughes was built by the Philippine Department of the U.S. Army on Caballo Island in the Philippines in the early 1900s.[1][2] The fort, which part of the Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, was named for Major General Robert Patterson Hughes, a veteran of the American Civil War, Spanish–American War, and the Philippine–American War.[3]

  1. ^ "Forts in the Philippines at American Forts Network". www.northamericanforts.com. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays at the Coast Defense Study Group". www.cdsg.org. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  3. ^ Fort and Battery Names in the Philippines at Corregidor.org