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Originally built as an [[World War II]] concrete coastal gun battery with two 8" Mark VI M3A2 guns mounted on M1 Barbette Carriages (BC) placed on a hillside with the magazines built into tunnels. Power was supplied by internal generators and commercial power. | Originally built as an [[World War II]] concrete coastal gun battery with two 8" Mark VI M3A2 guns mounted on M1 Barbette Carriages (BC) placed on a hillside with the magazines built into tunnels. Power was supplied by internal generators and commercial power. | ||
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Revision as of 10:05, 8 April 2014
Battery 405 (1944-1945) - Battery 405 was a reinforced concrete, World War II 8 inch coastal gun battery on Fort Hase, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Battery construction started in early 1943, was completed in early 1944 at an estimated cost of $ 283,850. Known as Battery 405 during the war after the construction number BCN 405. After the war renamed Battery Robert E. DeMerritt by GO No. 96, 27 Aug 1946. Placed in caretaker status in 1945.
World War II
Part of the Harbor Defense of Kaneohe Bay.
Originally built as an World War II concrete coastal gun battery with two 8" Mark VI M3A2 guns mounted on M1 Barbette Carriages (BC) placed on a hillside with the magazines built into tunnels. Power was supplied by internal generators and commercial power.
| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8" Rifle | 369" | Mark VI M3 | A2 | 212 | Naval Gun Factory | Barbette, M1, # 15, Aberdeen | 1944-1945 | See note 1 |
| 2 | 8" Rifle | 369" | Mark VI M3 | A2 | 218 | Naval Gun Factory | Barbette, M1, # 16, Aberdeen | 1944-1945 | 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 114-115 Note 1: CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA, The serial numbers assigned to specific emplacements may not be correct. | |||||||||
Current Status
No period guns or mounts in place.
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Location: Fort Hase, Honolulu County, Hawaii Maps & Images Lat: 21.424357 Long: -157.754252 |
Sources:
- Bennett, John D., Oahu's Solitary 8-inch 1940-Project Battery Construction No. 405 (Battery Robert E. DeMerritt), Coast Defense Journal, Volume 24, Issue 1, pages 33-60.
- TM 4-210
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