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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1916-1918) - Battery Experimental was a reinforced concrete, [[Endicott Period]] 10 inch coastal gun battery on [[Fort Morgan]], Baldwin County, Alabama. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1916-1918) - Battery Experimental was a reinforced concrete, [[Endicott Period]] 10 inch coastal gun battery on [[Fort Morgan]], Baldwin County, Alabama. The battery was expressly built to test the survivability of [[Endicott Period]] gun batteries against bombardment from battleships. Deactivated in 1918. | ||
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Originally built as an [[Endicott Period]] concrete coastal gun battery with one 10" M1888MII gun mounted on an M1896 Disappearing carriage. This was a single story battery with the gun located on the level level as the magazine. Shells were moved from the magazine to the gun loading platform by an ammunition truck. No shell or powder hoists were provided. | |||
This battery was built to test the survivability of [[Endicott Period]] gun batteries against bombardment from battleships. | |||
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Revision as of 18:49, 24 December 2011
Battery Experimental (1916-1918) - Battery Experimental was a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period 10 inch coastal gun battery on Fort Morgan, Baldwin County, Alabama. The battery was expressly built to test the survivability of Endicott Period gun batteries against bombardment from battleships. Deactivated in 1918.
World War I (1917-1918)
Originally built as an Endicott Period concrete coastal gun battery with one 10" M1888MII gun mounted on an M1896 Disappearing carriage. This was a single story battery with the gun located on the level level as the magazine. Shells were moved from the magazine to the gun loading platform by an ammunition truck. No shell or powder hoists were provided.
This battery was built to test the survivability of Endicott Period gun batteries against bombardment from battleships.
| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10" Rifle | 340" | M1888MII | 56 | Watervliet | Disappearing, M1896, #27, Bethlehem | 1916-1918 | See note 1 | |
| Source: CDSG, Berhow, Mark A. ed, American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide, 2nd Edition, CDSG Press, McLean, VA, 2004, ISBN 0-9748167-0-1, pages 124-125 Note 1: CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA | |||||||||
Current Status
In the beach sand, no period guns or mounts in place.
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Location: Fort Morgan, Baldwin County, Alabama Maps & Images Lat: 30.2289631 Long: -88.0012822 |
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