Fort Church (Rhode Island)

See also: Fort Church (disambiguation)
Fort Church
Part of Harbor Defenses of Narragansett Bay
Little Compton, Rhode Island
Fort Church is located in Rhode Island
Fort Church
Fort Church
Location in Rhode Island
Coordinates41°28′46″N 71°11′00″W / 41.47944°N 71.18333°W / 41.47944; -71.18333
TypeCoastal Defense
Site information
Ownervarious
Controlled byvarious
Conditionmostly buried
Site history
Built1942
Built byUnited States Army
In use1942—1948
Battles/warsWorld War II
16-inch casemated gun, similar to those at Fort Church.
8-inch Navy MkVIM3 gun on barbette mount M1A1, as used at Fort Church.
6-inch gun M1905 on shielded barbette carriage at Fort Columbia State Park, Washington state, similar to the guns of BCN 212 near Sakonnet Point.

Fort Church was a World War II United States Army coastal defense fort in Little Compton, Rhode Island. Together with Fort Greene near Point Judith, it superseded all previous heavy gun defenses in the Harbor Defenses of Narragansett Bay.