Image: 16 in gun Fort John Custis VA1
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Description: 16 inch gun and projectile at Fort John Custis, later Cape Charles Air Force Station, now Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge, Cape Charles, Virginia, USA. The gun is a spare gun tube from the USS Missouri., which was mounted aboard the battleship in September 1945 at the formal surrender of Japan. It is not the same gun used in the US Army coastal fortification when it was active.
Title: 16 in gun Fort John Custis VA1
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