Battery 155 - East Point: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
John Stanton (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
John Stanton (talk | contribs) m Text replace - "width="500"" to "width="-500" height="-500"" |
||
| (9 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{SocialNetworks}} | {{SocialNetworks}} | ||
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1942-1943) - Battery 155 - East Point was a temporary, [[World War II]], 155mm coastal gun battery on Panama mounts. Located on [[East Point Military Reservation]], Nahant, Essex County, Massachusetts. Battery construction started 25 Mar 1942, was completed 13 May 1942 and transferred to the | {{PageHeader}} | ||
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1942-1943) - Battery 155 - East Point was a temporary, [[World War II]], 155mm coastal gun battery on Panama mounts. Located on [[East Point Military Reservation]], Nahant, Essex County, Massachusetts. Battery construction started 25 Mar 1942, was completed 13 May 1942 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 1 Dec 1942 at a cost of $ 8,413.00. Deactivated in 1943. | |||
{|width="795px" cellpadding="5px" | {|width="795px" cellpadding="5px" | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
|width="50%"|[[|300px|thumb|left|]] | |width="50%"|<!--[[|300px|thumb|left|]]--> | ||
|width="50%"|[[|300px|thumb|right|]] | |width="50%"|<!--[[|300px|thumb|right|]]--> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|colspan="2"|[[|795px|thumb|center|]] | |colspan="2"|[[Image:East Point MR Battery 155 Emplacement.jpg|795px|thumb|center|Emplacement #1, 155mm Battery. Billiard house pillar on left.]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
== [[World War II]] == | == [[World War II]] == | ||
{{HDBoston}} | {{HDBoston}} | ||
| Line 22: | Line 21: | ||
{{Clr}} | {{Clr}} | ||
== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
Destroyed, private property. No period guns or mounts in place. | Destroyed, private property. No period guns or gun mounts in place but the Panama mount for gun #2 remains partially visible. The Panama mount for gun #1 is buried. | ||
---- | ---- | ||
{| | {| | ||
| | | | ||
<googlemap version="0.9" lat="42.419344" lon="-70.902688" zoom="19" width="500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large" icons="http://www.fortwiki.com/mapicons/icon{label}.png"> | <googlemap version="0.9" lat="42.419344" lon="-70.902688" zoom="19" width="-500" height="-500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large" icons="http://www.fortwiki.com/mapicons/icon{label}.png"> | ||
(B) 42.419344, -70.902688 | (B) 42.419344, -70.902688 | ||
{{PAGENAME}}<br>(1942-1943) | {{PAGENAME}}<br>(1942-1943) | ||
| Line 43: | Line 42: | ||
* {{CDSGBatteryLink}} | * {{CDSGBatteryLink}} | ||
{{Visited| | {{Visited|9 Jun 2012}} | ||
__NOTOC__ | __NOTOC__ | ||
{{PageFooter}} | |||
{{DEFAULTSORT:155 - East Point}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:155 - East Point}} | ||
[[Category:All]] | [[Category:All]] | ||
| Line 64: | Line 60: | ||
[[Category:Harbor Defense of Boston]] | [[Category:Harbor Defense of Boston]] | ||
[[Category:Starter Page]] | [[Category:Starter Page]] | ||
[[Category:2012 Research Trip]] | |||
Latest revision as of 19:21, 7 January 2019
|
Battery 155 - East Point (1942-1943) - Battery 155 - East Point was a temporary, World War II, 155mm coastal gun battery on Panama mounts. Located on East Point Military Reservation, Nahant, Essex County, Massachusetts. Battery construction started 25 Mar 1942, was completed 13 May 1942 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 1 Dec 1942 at a cost of $ 8,413.00. Deactivated in 1943.
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.
Current StatusDestroyed, private property. No period guns or gun mounts in place but the Panama mount for gun #2 remains partially visible. The Panama mount for gun #1 is buried.
Sources:
Links: Visited: 9 Jun 2012
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
