Image: 3-inch-gun-M1902

Description: This image is of a 3-inch rapid fire seacoast gun, M1902. This is not a 3-inch M1902 field gun. The gun is mounted on a pedestal base. The hand wheels for aiming it in direction (traversing) and range (elevating) are visible. The breech is open. The firing battery was used to supply current to the small lamps that lit the aiming scales and the sight at night.
Title: 3-inch-gun-M1902
Credit: "The Service of Coast Artillery," Frank T. Hines and Franklin W. Ward, Goodenough & Woglom Co., New York, 1910.
Author: Photograph most likely taken by the U.S. Coast Artillery.
Permission: This image is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No