Fort Terry

Fort Terry was a coastal fortification on Plum Island, a small island just off Orient Point, New York, United States. This strategic position afforded it a commanding view over the Atlantic entrance to the commercially vital Long Island Sound. It was established in 1897 and used intermittently through the end of World War II. In 1952, it became a military animal and biological warfare (BW) research facility, moving to civilian control in 1954 as the Plum Island Animal Disease Center. Despite the new civilian control, the biological warfare mission continued until 1969, when the US officially ended offensive BW research. The island is now being considered for sale or conversion to a wildlife refuge. Fort Terry was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.

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1897 Wikidata
fort, United States, United States,

FortWiki page^@

Location: 41.18, -72.195, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Meigs Raid ⓘ
military raid by American Continental Army forces
Battle of Groton Heights ⓘ
battle of the American Revolutionary War 1781
La Amistad slave revolt ⓘ
slave revolt onboard the ship La Amistad
Fort Griswold ⓘ
fort in Connecticut
Fort Trumbull ⓘ
fort in Connecticut
Fort Tyler ⓘ
Fort Michie ⓘ
fort in New York state
Fort Terry ⓘ
fort in New York state
Fort H. G. Wright ⓘ
former U.S. military installation on Fishers Island, New York
Fort Mansfield ⓘ
historic fort in Rhode Island, USA
USS G-2 ⓘ
1912 G-class submarine
HMS Culloden ⓘ
1776 Culloden-class third-rate ship of the line

1897-01-01T00:00:00Z

1897 Fort Terry

1914-07-28T00:00:00Z

World War I

1777-05-24T00:00:00Z

1777 Meigs Raid

1781-09-06T00:00:00Z

1781 Battle of Groton Heights

1839-06-30T00:00:00Z

1839-08-26T00:00:00Z

1839 La Amistad slave revolt

1897-01-01T00:00:00Z

1897 Fort Michie

1898-01-01T00:00:00Z

1898 Fort H. G. Wright

1901-01-01T00:00:00Z

1901 Fort Mansfield

1776-01-01T00:00:00Z

1776 HMS Culloden

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Scanned vintage postcard pre-1909 showing cannon firing from ramparts at Fort Terry, N.Y.

Scanned vintage postcard pre-1915 showing view of Fort Terry, N.Y., situated on Plum Island

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

event	armed conflict	1777	Meigs Raid	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1781	Battle of Groton Heights	United States, Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1839	La Amistad slave revolt	slave rebellion, Joseph Cinqué	Wikidata
link	page		FortWiki page^@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		DSV Turtle	deep-submergence vehicle	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Shippingport	auxiliary repair dock	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Bass	fleet submarine, V-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Flasher	Gato-class submarine, attack submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Nautilus	nuclear submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS X-1	midget submarine	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding	1899	General Dynamics Electric Boat	shipbuilding, business	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Griswold	protected area, artillery fort, military museum	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Trumbull	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Tyler	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1897	Fort Michie	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1897	Fort Terry	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1898	Fort H. G. Wright	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1901	Fort Mansfield	artillery fort	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		USS G-2	sunken vessel, submarine, G-class submarine	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1776	HMS Culloden	shipwreck, archaeological site, third-rate, Culloden-class third-rate ship of the line	Wikidata
commons	image		Scanned vintage postcard pre-1909 showing cannon firing from ramparts at Fort Terry, N.Y.		Commons
commons	image		Scanned vintage postcard pre-1915 showing view of Fort Terry, N.Y., situated on Plum Island		Commons

Fort Terry

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