Battery Strong

Diagram of Battery Strong located in Cabrillo National Monument on Point Loma, San Diego CA.

Battery R & D derives it's name from Battery Strong where Robert Welch spent 26 years developing high frequency electronics for the US Navy. Located at the Antenna Range on SPAWARSYSCEN Pacific, Mr. Welch managed the mm-Wave Laboratory for 15 years and the Antenna Range for 10 years. Click the links below for a short history on Battery Strong along with the other gun emplacements on Point Loma.

https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/cabr/hrs6.htm ... scrubbed link

https://web.archive.org/web/20140605153951/http://www.nps.gov:80/history/history/online_books/cabr/hrs6.htm

https://www.nps.gov/cabr/learn/historyculture/military-history-and-coastal-defense.htm

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.697115,-117.2486717,180m/data=!3m1!1e3

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