Template:FtHancockBatteryGunnisonWWII
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| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6" Rifle | 310.4" | M1900 | 27 | Watervliet | Barbette, M1900, #12, Rock Island | 1943-1946 | See note 1, 2 | |
| 2 | 6" Rifle | 310.4" | M1900 | 28 | Watervliet | Barbette, M1900, #17, Watervliet | 1943-1946 | See note 1, 2 | |
| Source: RCW Form 1, 10 Nov 1943, Coast Defense Study Group, Berhow, Mark A. ed, American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide, 2nd Edition, CDSG Press, McLean, VA, 2004, ISBN 0-9748167-0-1, pages 96-97, 207 Note 1: Guns and carriages salvaged 21 Jun 1948. CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA Note 2: Gun tubes #22 and #23 are currently in place and were mounted sometime after 1946. These tubes were mounted originally in Battery Livingston and had very low barrel wear when moved to Battery New Peck. | |||||||||
