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English: 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. |
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- 2010-08-18 15:34 Pgrig 322×302× (67585 bytes) 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.
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File usage
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- 16-inch/50-caliber M1919 gun
- 16-inch/50-caliber Mark 2 gun
- Coastal artillery
- 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
- User:RobDuch/sandbox
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/August 2021/Op-ed
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