Triangle of Fire The Harbor Defense of Puget

Triangle of Fire The Harbor Defense of Puget sound (1897 -1953) Fort Worden

• Fort Casey • • • Fort Casey, on Whidbey island sits on admiralty head almost directly across admiralty inlet from Fort Worden. Fort Casey was names after Brigadier General Thomas Lincoln Casey in July of 1899 who was a former commander of the Army Corps of Engineers. Fort Casey was activated in 1901 with a small temporary garrison, the permeate Garrison arrived in June 1902. Fort Casey was a training facility during world war I (1917 -1919) During world war II the army reactivated Fort Casey as an induction center and troop training facility and the forts gun emplacement were rearmed with anti-aircraft guns. June 30, 1953 Fort Casey was officially deactivated

Fort Flagler was the first to be officially activated on July 27, 1899. Fort Flagler anchors the southwest side from a bluff on Marrowstone island. During world war I (1917 -1919) the U. S Army used Fort Flagler as a training center for soldiers. Fort Flagler had 26 artillery pieces overlooking admiralty inlet after the war Fort Flagler was used as a training camp for the army reserves officer training corps and the Washington National guard Fort Flagler was officially deactivated on June 30 1953

Fort Worden • Fort Worden was named in honor of admiral john Lorimar Worden, captain of the ironclad vessel USS Monitor. • Fort Worden was activated in 1902 • In September 4 1904 headquarters of the harbor defense command of Puget sound was transferred from fort Flagler to Fort Worden. • Fort Worden had 41 artillery pieces, completing the famous, “Triangle of Fire”. • In June 30 1953 Fort Worden was officially deactivated.

• What started the triangle of fire, was when the USS Maine blew up and sank in the Havana harbor on February 16 1898 with a loss of 252 officers and men. Then the work accelerated to protect the Puget sound naval station from the Spanish fleet. So that’s why they made the Triangle of Fire What Started the Triangle of Fire