Its four coast defense mortars, M1890MI guns on M1896MI carriages, were designed to loft armor-piercing shells in a high trajectory onto the decks of warships threatening Manila Bay.

Advances in naval gunnery and ship design rendered these weapons mostly obsolete by the end of World War I.

Battery Way played a very limited role during the Philippines Campaign in the spring of 1942, only becoming active in the last week of the battle.

Its exposure to Japanese artillery, air attack, and its limited supply of high explosive shells greatly diminished its effectiveness.

Corregidor Island, its surviving fortifications, and associated war relics are presently maintained as a national park.