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Edson Range is a firing range complex at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, near Oceanside, California. It is named for Marine Major General "Red Mike" Edson , "a World War II Medal of Honor recipient and a distinguished small arms marksman proponent."
Camp Calvin B. Matthews or Marine Corps Rifle Range Camp Matthews or Marine Corps Rifle Range, La Jolla (prior to World War II) [1] or more simply Camp Matthews was a United States Marine Corps military base from 1917 until 1964, when the base was decommissioned and transferred to the University of California to be part of the new University of California, San Diego campus. [2]
The range is closed to the public due to the hazard of unexploded ordnance. Bombs ranging from 3 to 1,000 pounds, rockets, 20-millimeter cartridges and 50-caliber bullets were dropped and fired on the range from 1942 until June 1959. After that, the range was only used a few times.
The 16-inch batteries would be complemented by 6-inch (152 mm) guns on new high-angle shielded barbette mounts with magazine bunkers, and new 90 mm (3.5-inch) dual-purpose gun batteries. Due to the diminishing threat of enemy surface attack as World War II progressed, especially on the east coast , of 38 16-inch batteries proposed only 21 were ...
5"/31 caliber gun United States: 1889-1910 127 mm (5.0 in) 5"/38 caliber gun United States: 1930s - World War II - Cold War 127 mm (5.0 in) 5"/40 caliber gun United States: Spanish–American War - World War I 127 mm (5.0 in) 5"/50 caliber gun United States: World War I - World War II 127 mm (5.0 in) 5"/51 caliber gun United States
As a result, the casemates were plated over to prevent flooding. The secondary battery was augmented with four 3-inch (76 mm)/50 caliber guns. In addition to her gun armament, California was also fitted with two 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes, mounted submerged in the hull, one on each broadside. [2]
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