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[[Image:Fort-Columbia-Gun.jpg|265px|left|thumb|6" Gun at Fort Columbia]] | [[Image:Fort-Columbia-Gun.jpg|265px|left|thumb|6" Gun at Fort Columbia]] | ||
[[Image:6inch Gun.png|200px|right|thumb|6" Gun Crew]] | [[Image:6inch Gun.png|200px|right|thumb|6" Gun Crew]] | ||
These 6" [[World War II]] coastal gun batteries were designed early in the war to replace obsolete [[:Category:Endicott Period Forts|Endicott Period Batteries]]. Of the 87 planned only 45 were completed and those were not completed until late in the war (1944-1945). | |||
The 6" guns fired a 105 pound armor-piercing projectile with a range of over 15 miles at a rate of up to 5 rounds per minute. The gun crews were protected by a thick shield around the gun. Only six of these guns remain in the world, two at [[Fort Columbia]] in [[Battery 246]], two at [[Fort Pickens]] in [[Battery 234]], and two at Fort McAndrew in Battery 282 in Argentina. | The 6" guns fired a 105 pound armor-piercing projectile with a range of over 15 miles at a rate of up to 5 rounds per minute. The gun crews were protected by a thick shield around the gun. Only six of these guns remain in the world, two at [[Fort Columbia]] in [[Battery 246]], two at [[Fort Pickens]] in [[Battery 234]], and two at Fort McAndrew in Battery 282 in Argentina. | ||
Revision as of 13:18, 10 August 2008
These 6" World War II coastal gun batteries were designed early in the war to replace obsolete Endicott Period Batteries. Of the 87 planned only 45 were completed and those were not completed until late in the war (1944-1945).
The 6" guns fired a 105 pound armor-piercing projectile with a range of over 15 miles at a rate of up to 5 rounds per minute. The gun crews were protected by a thick shield around the gun. Only six of these guns remain in the world, two at Fort Columbia in Battery 246, two at Fort Pickens in Battery 234, and two at Fort McAndrew in Battery 282 in Argentina.