Image: 16-inch-Casemated
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Description: This image, provided courtesy of the Coast Defense Study Group (CDSG), shows a 16-in barbette-mounted gun in a casemated position. These were the largest guns mounted by the U.S. Coast Artillery Corps. This emplacement features a steel shield that wraps around the gun carriage, protecting it from nearby blast effects.
Title: 16-inch-Casemated
Credit: Coast Defense Study Group (CDSG)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No
Image usage
The following 17 pages link to this image:
- East Point Military Reservation
- Fort Church (Rhode Island)
- Fort Cronkhite
- Fort Dawes
- Fort Duvall
- Fort Greene (Narragansett, Rhode Island)
- Fort H. G. Wright
- Harbor Defenses of Boston
- Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound
- Harbor Defenses of Narragansett Bay
- Harbor Defenses of New York
- Harbor Defenses of Portland
- Harbor Defenses of the Delaware
- Joint Expeditionary Base Fort Story
- List of coastal fortifications of the United States
- Odiorne Point State Park
- Seacoast defense in the United States
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