.....Fort San Jacinto was built in 1902 on the eastern edge of the island facing the ship channel. At the time the area was nothing but mud flats and had no seawall to protect it. It contained three gun batteries and a direction-finder control station when initially built. The Seawall was extended starting in 1918-1926 to encompass the installation. Later, during WWII, additional gun batteries were added to provide additional protection for the ship channel.

	The 265th Coast Artillery and the Twentieth Coast Artillery manned the implacements at Fort San Jacinto. (Click for larger image) B/W Images courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration

.....Today the much of the fort has been swallowed up by vegetation and/or dredge materials from the ship channel or destroyed.

15 Pdr. as of January, 2001

An interesting website about fortifications along the Gulf of Mexico is by Andy Bennett and you can see it by clicking here.