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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1942-1942) - Battery GPF was a reinforced concrete, [[World War II]] 155mm inch coastal gun battery on [[Fort Pickens]], Florida. Battery construction started 27 Jul 1942, was completed 18 Sep 1942 and transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use 26 Oct 1942 at a cost of $ 26,652.25. Deactivated 5 Apr 1945. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1942-1942) - Battery GPF was a reinforced concrete, [[World War II]] 155mm inch coastal gun battery on [[Fort Pickens]], Florida. Battery construction started 27 Jul 1942, was completed 18 Sep 1942 and transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use 26 Oct 1942 at a cost of $ 26,652.25. Deactivated 5 Apr 1945. | ||
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[[Image:Fort | [[Image:Fort Morgan 155mm.jpg|300px|thumb|left|155mm M1918 Gun at [[Fort Morgan]]]] | ||
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== {{PAGENAME}} History == | == {{PAGENAME}} History == | ||
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Revision as of 13:15, 18 December 2009
Battery 155 - Fort Pickens (1942-1942) - Battery GPF was a reinforced concrete, World War II 155mm inch coastal gun battery on Fort Pickens, Florida. Battery construction started 27 Jul 1942, was completed 18 Sep 1942 and transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use 26 Oct 1942 at a cost of $ 26,652.25. Deactivated 5 Apr 1945.
Battery 155 - Fort Pickens History
Part of the Harbor Defense of Pensacola. Originally built as an World War II concrete coastal gun battery with four 155mm M1918 guns mounted on M1918 carriages.
This battery was built as four circular Panama mounts, two in front of Battery Cooper and one on each side of Battery Cooper. The Battery Cooper structure was used and modified as a support structure for Battery GPF.
World War II
| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 155mm Rifle | 20' | M1918MI | 615 | Dodge | Panama, M1918, #48, Minneapolis | 1942-1945 | See note 1 | |
| 2 | 155mm Rifle | 20' | M1918MI | 763 | Dodge | Panama, M1918, #182, Minneapolis | 1942-1945 | See note 1 | |
| 3 | 155mm Rifle | 20' | M1918MI | 762 | Dodge | Panama, M1918, #55T, Minneapolis | 1942-1945 | See note 1 | |
| 4 | 155mm Rifle | 20' | M1918MI | 791 | Dodge | Panama, M1918, #392, Minneapolis | 1942-1945 | See note 1 | |
| Source: RCW Form 1, 26 Nov 1942, 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 190-191, 212 Note 1: | |||||||||
Current Status
No period guns or mounts in place.
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Location: Fort Pickens, Florida Maps & Images Lat: 30.320544 Long: -87.28227 |
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