Battery Cooper

A battery with a sunset behind it.

NPS/Doggrell

Quick Facts

Location:

Fort Pickens, Florida

Significance:

World War 1

OPEN TO PUBLIC:

No

Amenities

2 listed

Beach/Water Access, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits

Visit one of two remaining 6-inch disappearing guns in the country at Battery Cooper. 

Battery Cooper was named for Lieutenant George Cooper who was killed in action at Mavitac, Philippine Islands, in 1900. It homes two, 6-inch guns on disappearing carriages.

During World War I, the guns were removed for use on railway mounts in France.

The current cannon at Battery Cooper is an Alvin Jeffries disappearing rifle (B-4A). It is camouflaged by and earthen bunker making it invisible looking at it from the waters of the Gulf of America.

The Smithsonian Institution provided the current gun in 1976, one of two remaining 6-inch disappearing guns in the country.