Fort H. G. Wright

Fort H. G. Wright
Part of Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound
Fishers Island, Southold, New York
12-inch mortars, Battery Clinton, Fort H. G. Wright
Coordinates	41°15′13″N 72°01′49″W / 41.25361°N 72.03028°W / 41.25361; -72.03028
Type	Coastal Defense
Site information
Controlled by	private/Town of Southold
Open to the public	partly
Site history
Built	1898–1906
Built by	United States Army
In use	1898–1958
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Garrison information
Garrison	11th Coast Artillery Regiment

Fort H. G. Wright was a United States military installation on Fishers Island in the town of Southold, New York, just two miles off the coast of southeastern Connecticut, but technically in New York. It was part of the Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound, along with Fort Terry, Fort Michie, and (in World War II) Camp Hero. These forts defended the eastern entrance of Long Island Sound and thus Connecticut's ports and the north shore of Long Island. The fort was named for Union General Horatio G. Wright, a former Chief of Engineers who was born in Clinton, Connecticut.

The fort was first developed in the early 20th century and was active in the First and Second World Wars. After the Second World War, it was deactivated as a coast defense fort.

Fort H. G. Wright was built as part of the large-scale Endicott Program, which recommended a comprehensive replacement of existing coast defenses. The forts were designed and built by the Army Corps of Engineers, the weapons were designed by the Army Ordnance Corps, and the forts were (by 1907) garrisoned by the Coast Artillery Corps. Fort H. G. Wright was the headquarters of the Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound (later Harbor Defenses). Construction of gun batteries at Fort H. G. Wright began in 1898. By 1906 the following batteries were completed: