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* Gaines, William, '''''Temporary Harbor Defenses in the Southern Defense Command: 1942-1944''''', The Coast Defense Journal, Vol 16 Issue 1, page 4-38 | |||
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Revision as of 13:38, 25 December 2011
Battery 155 - Fort Morgan (1942-1944) - Battery 155 - Fort Morgan was a temporary, World War II, 155mm coastal gun battery on Panama mounts. Located on Fort Morgan (1), Baldwin County, Alabama. Battery construction was completed in 1942. Deactivated in 1944.
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World War II
Part of the Harbor Defense of Mobile, Alabama.
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. These emplacements were placed on top of bastions three and four on the old brick fort. The tops of these two bastions had both been leveled when Battery Duportail was built to clear the field of fire. Three like guns and carriages were emplaced in field positions.
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| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
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| 1 | 155mm Rifle | 240" | M1918 | M1 | 176 | ? | Mobile, M1918, #?, ? | 1942-1944 | Panama Mount |
| 2 | 155mm Rifle | 240" | M1918 | M1 | 802 | ? | Mobile, M1918, #?, ? | 1942-1944 | Panama Mount |
| 3 | 155mm Rifle | 240" | M1918 | M1 | 828 | ? | Mobile, M1918, #?, ? | 1944-1944 | From Pascagoula Field Emplacement |
| 4 | 155mm Rifle | 240" | M1918 | M1 | 863 | ? | Mobile, M1918, #?, ? | 1944-1944 | From Pascagoula Field Emplacement |
| 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 190-191 | |||||||||