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2. Fort Columbia State Park - Wikipedia

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   The fort was constructed on the Chinook Point promontory as part of a "triangle of fire" defensive strategy that included Fort Canby and Fort Stevens. [3] Fort Columbia was declared surplus at the end of World War II and was transferred to the custody of the state of Washington in 1950. [2] In the 1960s and 1970s, Battery 246 was outfitted to ...

3. 6-inch gun M1897 - Wikipedia

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   6-inch gun M1905 on shielded barbette carriage at Fort Columbia State Park, Washington state Rear view of shielded barbette carriage Battery 245 at Fort Stevens, Oregon, two 6-inch guns on shielded barbette carriages, built in World War II. The battery's ammunition and fire control bunker is behind the gun.

4. East Point Military Reservation - Wikipedia

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   A 1945 map of the East Point gun batteries. The East Point Batteries, located in Nahant, Massachusetts, were part of the Harbor Defenses of Boston during World War II. Three separate gun batteries were built: Battery Murphy (two 16-inch guns), Battery 206 (two 6-inch guns), and a temporary 2-gun battery of 155 mm artillery.

5. List of Ohio Civil War units - Wikipedia

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   List of Ohio Civil War units. During the American Civil War, nearly 320,000 Ohioans served in the Union Army, more than any other Northern state except New York and Pennsylvania. [1] Of these, 5,092 were free blacks. Ohio had the highest percentage of population enlisted in the military of any state. Sixty percent of all the men between the ...

6. Harbor Defenses of Argentia and St. John's - Wikipedia

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   The major effort at this time was the construction of Battery 281 and Battery 282 at Fort McAndrew from January through October 1942. These batteries had two 6-inch guns each, on shielded long-range carriages with reinforced concrete and earth bunkers housing magazines and fire control equipment.

7. Fourth Cliff Military Reservation - Wikipedia

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   Fourth Cliff Military Reservation. Part of Harbor Defenses of Boston. Scituate, Massachusetts. 6-inch gun at Fort Columbia State Park, Washington state, similar to Battery 208. Fourth Cliff Military Reservation. Location in Massachusetts. Coordinates. 42°09′35.34″N 70°42′20.05″W  /  42.1598167°N 70.7055694°W  / 42.1598167 ...