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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1942-1945) - Battery 155 - Sagamore Hill was a temporary, [[World War II]], 155mm coastal gun battery on Panama mounts. Located on [[Sagamore Hill Military Reservation]], Barnstable County, Massachusetts. <!--Battery construction started ....., was completed ..... and transferred to the | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1942-1945) - Battery 155 - Sagamore Hill was a temporary, [[World War II]], 155mm coastal gun battery on Panama mounts. Located on [[Sagamore Hill Military Reservation]], Barnstable County, Massachusetts. <!--Battery construction started ....., was completed ..... and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use ...... at a cost of $ ...... --> Deactivated in 1945. | ||
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== [[World War II]] == | == [[World War II]] == | ||
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(B) 41.780885, -70.516852 | (B) 41.780885, -70.516852, Battery 155 - Sagamore Hill | ||
(1942-1945) | |||
( | (1) 41.78065,-70.51664, Gun emplacement #1 | ||
Gun emplacement # | (2) 41.78107,-70.51712, Gun emplacement #2 | ||
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Gun emplacement # | |||
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'''Location:''' Sagamore Hill, Barnstable County, Massachusetts | '''Location:''' Sagamore Hill, Barnstable County, Massachusetts | ||
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* Elevation: .....' | * Elevation: .....' | ||
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'''Sources:''' | '''Sources:''' | ||
* Butler, Jerry, '''''The Military History of the Cape Cod Canal''''', Arcadia Publishing, 2002, ISBN 0738510092, ISBN 978-0738510095, 128 pages | |||
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'''Links: ''' | '''Links: ''' | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagamore_Hill_Military_Reservation Wikipedia - Sagamore Hill Military Reservation] | |||
* [http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/recreati/ccc/history/ww2_coastal/ww2coastal.htm USACE - Cape Cod Canal] | |||
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{{Visited| | {{Visited|17 May 2012}} | ||
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[[Category:Coastal Battery]] | [[Category:Coastal Battery]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:21, 7 January 2019
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Battery 155 - Sagamore Hill (1942-1945) - Battery 155 - Sagamore Hill was a temporary, World War II, 155mm coastal gun battery on Panama mounts. Located on Sagamore Hill Military Reservation, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Deactivated in 1945.
World War IIPart of the Harbor Defense of Boston, Massachusetts. Originally built as a temporary World War II coastal gun battery with two 155mm M1918 rapid fire guns mounted on M1918 Mobile Carriages emplaced on circular Panama mounts. On WWII site # 109, located at the east end of the Buzzards Bay Canal.
Current StatusNo period guns or mounts in place but the Panama mounts are still visible.
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Links: Visited: 17 May 2012
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