The original plans for Fort Mott (initially called the "Battery at Finn's Point") specified eleven gun emplacements for
Rodman smoothbore guns and a mortar battery with six emplacements. In 1910 the two five-inch guns of Battery Gregg were transferred to
Fort Ruger,
Hawaii, and in 1918 the similar guns of Battery Krayenbuhl were removed for potential service as
field guns on the
Western Front. In 1920 the unique Battery Edwards was disarmed as part of a general removal from service of the 3-inch gun M1898. Troops were regularly stationed at Fort Mott from 1897 to 1922. The federal government kept a
caretaking detachment at the fort from 1922 to 1943.
New Jersey acquired the military reservation as a historic site and State park in 1947. Fort Mott State Park was opened to the public on June 24, 1951. The site is operated and maintained by the
New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry, and is located in
Pennsville Township, New Jersey. Fort Mott and
Finn's Point National Cemetery were listed together on the
National Register of Historic Places on August 31, 1978. The three 10-inch guns of Battery Harker were transferred to Canada in 1941 via
Lend-Lease. Two of these remain as of 2014 at Fort
Cape Spear,
St. John's, Newfoundland. In 1943 Fort Mott was disarmed, losing its remaining three 12-inch guns, the fort being superseded by
Fort Miles at Cape Henlopen. ==See also==