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Harbor Freight Tools, commonly referred to as Harbor Freight, is an American privately held tool and equipment retailer, headquartered in Calabasas, California. It operates a chain of retail stores, as well as an e-commerce business. The company employs over 28,000 people in the United States, [5] and has over 1,500 locations in 48 states. [6] [7]
A Battery: Eveready 742: 1.5 V: Metal tabs H: 101.6 L: 63.5 W: 63.5 Used to provide power to the filament of a vacuum tube. B Battery: Eveready 762-S: 45 V: Threaded posts H: 146 L: 104.8 W: 63.5 Used to supply plate voltage in vintage vacuum tube equipment. Origin of the term B+ for plate voltage power supplies.
The 6-inch gun M1897 (152 mm) and its variants the M1900, M1903, M1905, M1908, and M1 (a.k.a. T2) were coastal artillery pieces installed to defend major American seaports between 1897 and 1945.
Restored 6-inch rifled gun on model 1900 pedestal mount at Battery Gunnison/New Peck. In 2003, the Army Ground Forces Association, [14] a non-profit 501(c)3 living history group, began to volunteer at the battery, and transformed the structure from two rusty cannons and a time and nature-worn concrete artillery emplacement to the most extensively preserved and restored seacoast battery in the ...
The battery received two six-inch guns on simple barbette carriages in 1920. During World War II, the Sixth Coast Artillery (Harbor Defense) Regiment, Battery "D", manned the two guns at Battery Chamberlin, living on-site until the end of the war. The battery was covered with camouflage netting to hide it from air attack. These guns were ...
One of the sole remaining survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack that launched World War II disobeyed orders and fought back. Now 100 years old, he continues to share his stories.
He assumed a gun had been dropped. On the ground near the person now lying face-down was an assault-style rifle and what Boyd initially thought was a duffel bag. It turned out to be a victim.
The battery closed in 1956 with the closing of coast defence. The battery is now in the care of the Heugh Gun Battery Trust and is home to a museum and artillery collection. In the 2020s the battery was found to be in need of restoration, so Historic England donated £40,000 to pay for a comprehensive survey of the structure. [5]