Template:FtWinfield ScottBattery Slaughter
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| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8" Rifle | 278.5" | M1888 | 2 | Watervliet | Disappearing, M1896, #30, Walker | 1900-1917 | See note 1 | |
| 2 | 8" Rifle | 278.5" | M1888 | 3 | Watervliet | Disappearing, M1896, #25, Morgan | 1900-1917 | See note 1 | |
| 3 | 8" Rifle | 278.5" | M1888 | 8 | Watervliet | Disappearing, M1896, #2, Pond | 1900-1917 | See note 1 | |
| Source: RCW Form 1, 1 Mar 1920, RCB, 31 Dec 1903, CDSG, Berhow, Mark A. ed, American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide, 2nd Edition, CDSG Press, McLean, VA, 2004, ISBN 0-9748167-0-1, pages 110-111,215. Note 1: Guns were shipped to the Watervliet Arsenal 31 Dec 1917 and the carriages were scrapped May 1918, CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA | |||||||||
