This article by John D. Bennett, published in the Coast Defense Journal (February 2005, page 61), documents the history of Battery Arizona at the Kahe Point Military Reservation on Oahu. The battery was part of the extensive system of shore defense installations protecting the Hawaiian Islands during and after World War II, housing the 8-inch naval gun turrets removed from USS Lexington (CV-2). The article covers the site history, the guns and turret hardware, installation details, and the battery’s service record.
We gratefully acknowledge the author, John D. Bennett, and The Coast Defense Study Group, for making this work available.
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For detailed technical information on the 8-inch gun mounts and turret hardware, see Chapter IX — Naval Gun Mounts. For photographs of the turret removal from Lexington, see 8-Inch Turret Removal from USS Lexington, 30 March 1942.