Battery 232

Battery 232 (1944-1946) - Battery 232 was a reinforced concrete, World War II 6 inch coastal gun battery on Fort Fort Taylor, Florida. Battery 232 was transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use in 1944. Deactivated in 1946.

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Battery 232 Exposed

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Battery 232 Emplacement #2 Entrance

World War II

Originally built as an World War II concrete coastal gun battery with two 6" M1 rapid fire guns mounted on M3 Shielded Barbette Carriages (SBC) placed on either side of an earth covered reinforced concrete support structure.

6" Gun at Fort Columbia Originally at Fort McAndrew, Battery 281, Argentia, NL, Canada

These 6" World War II coastal gun batteries were designed to replace obsolete Endicott Period Batteries. Of the 87 planned only 45 were completed and many of those were not completed until late in the war (1944-1945). The 6" guns fired a 105 pound armor-piercing projectile with a range of over 15 miles at a rate of up to 5 rounds per minute. The gun crews were protected by a thick shield around the gun. Only six of these guns remain in the world, two at Fort Columbia in Battery 246, two at Fort Pickens in Battery 234, and two at Fort McAndrew in Battery 282 in Argentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

6" Gun Crew

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Battery 232 Plan

Current Status

No period guns or mounts in place.

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Location: Fort Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida Maps & Images Lat: 24.5565307 Long: -81.7699528 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: .....'

Sources:

• Coast Defense Study Group, CDSG Press, CDSG Digital Library

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Visited: 30 Dec 2009

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