Battery Russell defended the Columbia River Mouth from 1863–1947 at Fort Stevens, Oregon, USA.

Battery Russell in Fort Stevens State Park, on the Oregon coast, USA. Fort Stevens operated from 1863–1947 as part of a three-fort American military system defending the Columbia River Mouth. Built near the end of the American Civil War, this American military installation was named for a slain Civil War general and former Washington Territory governor, Isaac I. Stevens. In June 1942 during World War II, a Japanese submarine fired 17 rounds upon Fort Stevens (luckily causing causing no real damage), making it the only military base on the Continental United States to be fired upon by an enemy since the War of 1812.

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Battery Russell in Fort Stevens State Park, on the Oregon coast, USA. Fort Stevens operated from 1863–1947 as part of a three-fort American military system defending the Columbia River Mouth. Built near the end of the American Civil War, this American military installation was named for a slain Civil War general and former Washington Territory governor, Isaac I. Stevens. In June 1942 during World War II, a Japanese submarine fired 17 rounds upon Fort Stevens (luckily causing causing no real damage), making it the only military base on the Continental United States to be fired upon by an enemy since the War of 1812.