what ship?

Pics

Sorry, I forget to include a couple pics of the guns………..

Very interesting……………As a matter of fact I was so interested I went to nearby Fort Desoto today to check out such Naval Fortifications. While, it didn’t have big 14in battleship turrets. It was nonetheless very interesting. With 8 (4 left) – 12in Mortars and several 6in Naval Guns. I was also lucky that a local US Civil War Reenactment was taking place!:D:D:D

IIRC, the after turrets from USS Arizona were removed and used to create a coast artillery battery on Oahu. I checked on wikipedia, and it says that this was the case:

“The aft turrets, #3 and #4, were moved to become United States Army Coast Artillery Corps Battery Arizona on the west coast of Oahu and Battery Pennsylvania on Mokapu Point.[7] The #2 turret guns were later installed aboard the battleship USS Nevada (BB-36) in the fall of 1944;[8] Nevada then used those guns against the Japanese islands of Okinawa and Iwo Jima.[9]”

Given the enormous cost of building battleship guns and turrets, I wonder if, way back in the early part of the 20th century, the War Department had a policy of utilizing the guns/turrets from scrapped or demobilized battleships as shore batteries. It certainly appears that way.

I am sure they meant the guns from number two (B) turret. As the Arizona’s turret had three guns while the Nevada only had two…………..

Wasn’t hard for me… there have been recent (in the last year) threads on a couple of military boards I frequent discussing the fort.

I first learned about it in a National Geographic Magazine article in the 1970s.

Here is a website dedicated to Fort Drum:
http://www.concretebattleship.org/

http://corregidor.org/chs_battery1/drum.htm

http://www.travelsmart.net/ph/inquirer/issues/dec98/dec06/features/fea_main.htm

A nice long discussion here: http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/6798?page=1

FT Drum today.

IIRC, the after turrets from USS Arizona were removed and used to create a coast artillery battery on Oahu. I checked on wikipedia, and it says that this was the case:

“The aft turrets, #3 and #4, were moved to become United States Army Coast Artillery Corps Battery Arizona on the west coast of Oahu and Battery Pennsylvania on Mokapu Point.[7] The #2 turret guns were later installed aboard the battleship USS Nevada (BB-36) in the fall of 1944;[8] Nevada then used those guns against the Japanese islands of Okinawa and Iwo Jima.[9]”

Given the enormous cost of building battleship guns and turrets, I wonder if, way back in the early part of the 20th century, the War Department had a policy of utilizing the guns/turrets from scrapped or demobilized battleships as shore batteries. It certainly appears that way.

Ummm… Fort Drum?

GOOD CALL! 😀

Correct!

Never saw a Concrete Battleship before……….;)

Ummm… Fort Drum?

Correct!

How it works…..

Here’s how a typical (16in) gun turret works……….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=AU&hl=en-GB&v=0OmOQs0ziSU

and in action!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsNlmiLJGIw&feature=related

Ummm… Fort Drum?

What ship is this? Any takers?

Well, first its a coastal battery and not a ship! The turrets don’t look like they are from any ship that I can place? The guns appear to be around 14in……….My “wild guess” is their a US Coastal Battery.