Editing Fort Hughes (section)

===Construction===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12860, San Diego, Küstenverteidigungsgeschütz.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Fort Hughes was armed with {{convert|14|in|0|adj=on}} [[14-inch gun M1907|M1910 guns]] like these shown firing at [[Fort MacArthur]], San Pedro, California in 1931.<ref>''Coast Defense Journal'', Vol. 31, Issue 2, May 2017</ref>]]
[[File:Fort Greble, R.I. (4515412788).jpg|thumb|260px|right|The fort had several {{convert|12|in|0|adj=on}} [[12-inch coast defense mortar|mortars]] sited at Battery Craighill]]
The initial construction on Fort Hughes was largely complete by 1914 except the mortar battery, completed in 1919. The initial gun batteries were:<ref>Berhow 2015, p. 222</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!No. of guns
!Gun type
!Carriage type
!Years active 
|-
|Gillespie||1||[[14-inch gun M1910|{{convert|14|in|0|adj=on}} gun M1910]]||[[disappearing gun|disappearing]] M1907||1914-1942
|-
|Woodruff||1||{{convert|14|in|0|adj=on}} gun M1910||disappearing M1907||1914-1942
|-
|Craighill||4||[[12-inch coast defense mortar|{{convert|12|in|0|adj=on}} mortar]] M1912||[[barbette]] M1896MIII||1919-1942
|-
|Leach||2||[[6-inch gun M1908|{{convert|6|in|0|adj=on}} gun M1908]]||disappearing M1905||1914-1942
|-
|Fuger||2||[[3-inch gun M1903|{{convert|3|in|0|adj=on}} gun M1903]]||pedestal M1903||1914-1942
|-
|}

Circa 1940 an [[antiaircraft]] battery of four [[3-inch Gun M1918|{{convert|3|in|0|adj=on}} guns]] on mobile mounts was added on the eastern end of the island, known as Battery Idaho.<ref name=Idaho1>[http://corregidor.org/btty_histories/control/idaho_text.htm Battery Idaho at Corregidor.org]</ref> During 1941 Battery Williams was built, with three [[155 mm gun M1918|{{convert|155|mm|1|abbr=on}} mobile guns]] on concrete "[[Panama mount]]s".<ref>[http://corregidor.org/btty_histories/control/william_text.htm Battery William at Corregidor.org]</ref><ref name=CorrNames1/> At some time after the commencement of hostilities in December 1941, one of these guns was detached as Battery Hooker.<ref>[http://corregidor.org/btty_histories/control/hooker_text.htm Battery Hooker at Corregidor.org]</ref>

Battery Gillespie was named for Major General [[George Lewis Gillespie Jr.]], [[Chief of Engineers]] 1901–1903. Battery Woodruff was named for Brigadier General [[Carle Augustus Woodruff]], a Civil War Medal of Honor recipient.
Battery Craighill was named for Brigadier General [[William Price Craighill]], Chief of Engineers 1895–1897. Battery Leach was named for Colonel Smith Stallard Leach, an engineer officer.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Heitman | first1 = Francis B. | title = Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, 1789-1903, Vol. 1 | page = 621 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=iIUiAAAAMAAJ&q=5th%20coast%20artillery | location = Washington, DC | publisher = Government Printing Office | year = 1903 }}</ref> Battery Fuger was named for Lt. Col. [[Frederick Füger]], a Civil War Medal of Honor recipient. Battery Williams was named for 1st. Lt. George R. Williams, a Philippine Scouts officer killed at Abucay, Bataan in January 1942.<ref name=CorrNames1/> Battery Idaho was named for the state of Idaho; the anti-aircraft batteries had US place names corresponding to which battery was manning them, in this case Battery I of the 59th Coast Artillery.<ref name=Idaho1/><ref>Morton, p. 480</ref>