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[[Image:Fort Canby Battery 247 - 5.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Battery 247 North Gun Mount]] | [[Image:Fort Canby Battery 247 - 5.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Battery 247 North Gun Mount]] | ||
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'''{{PAGENAME}} (1944-1947)''' - Battery 247 was built at [[Fort Canby]] between 9 Feb 1943 and 31 Aug 1944 at a cost of $243,397 and was transfered 28 Oct 1944. | '''{{PAGENAME}} (1944-1947)''' - Battery 247 was built at [[Fort Canby]] between 9 Feb 1943 and 31 Aug 1944 at a cost of $243,397 and was transfered 28 Oct 1944. Deactivation starting in Jul 1945 and troops withdrawn by Oct 1947. | ||
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'''Location:''' | '''Location:''' | ||
[[Fort Canby]], Cape Disappointment, Washington | [[Fort Canby]], McKenzie Head, Cape Disappointment, Washington | ||
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'''Sources:''' | '''Sources:''' | ||
* {{Lucero}}, page 48 | |||
* [http://www.cdsg.org/HDCRdata/b247.htm CDSG - Battery 247] | |||
'''Links:''' | '''Links:''' | ||
* [http://www.cdsg.org/HDCRdata/canby.htm Fort Canby] | * [http://www.cdsg.org/HDCRdata/canby.htm CDSG - Fort Canby] | ||
Revision as of 19:57, 18 February 2008
Battery 247 (1944-1947) - Battery 247 was built at Fort Canby between 9 Feb 1943 and 31 Aug 1944 at a cost of $243,397 and was transfered 28 Oct 1944. Deactivation starting in Jul 1945 and troops withdrawn by Oct 1947.
| Empl No |
Caliber Type |
Barrel Length |
Model | Serial No |
Manufacturer | Carriage | Service Dates |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6" Rifle | 309.9" | T2-M1 | 15 | Watervliet | Shielded Barbette (SBC), M4, #3, Wellman Eng. Co. |
1944-1946 | See note 1 | |
| 2 | 6" Rifle | 309.9" | T2-M1 | 17 | Watervliet | Shielded Barbette (SBC), M4, #4, Wellman Eng. Co. |
1944-1946 | See note 1 | |
| Source: CDSG Note 1: Mounted Apr 1944, sent to Battery 244, 2 Aug 1946, CDSG Gun Card Collection from NARA | |||||||||
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Location: Fort Canby, McKenzie Head, Cape Disappointment, Washington Maps & Images Lat: 46.278602 Long: -124.053326
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Sources:
- Lucero, Donella J. and Hobbs, Nancy L., The Long Beach Peninsula: Where the Columbia Meets the Pacific, Arcadia Publishing, North Beach Peninsula, 2004, 159 pages, ISBN 0738524573, page 48
- CDSG - Battery 247
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