12-inch gun M1895
The 12-inch coastal defense gun M1895 (305 mm) and its variants the M1888 and M1900 were large coastal artillery pieces installed to defend major American seaports between 1895 and 1945. For most of their history they were operated by the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps. Most were installed on disappearing carriages, with early installations on low-angle barbette mountings. From 1919, 19 long-range two-gun batteries were built using the M1895 on an M1917 long-range barbette carriage. Almost all of the weapons not in the Philippines were scrapped during and after World War II.
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12-inch gun M1895
The 12-inch coastal defense gun M1895 (305 mm) and its variants the M1888 and M1900 were large coastal artillery pieces installed to defend major American seaports between 1895 and 1945. For most of their history they were operated by the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps. Most were installed on disappearing carriages, with early installations on low-angle barbette mountings. From 1919, 19 long-range two-gun batteries were built using the M1895 on an M1917 long-range barbette carriage. Almost all of the weapons not in the Philippines were scrapped during and after World War II.
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The 12-inch coastal defense gu ...... during and after World War II.
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Interrupted screw, De Bange type
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M1891 gun lift, M1892 or M1897 ...... long-range barbette from 1920
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Watervliet Arsenal, Bethlehem Steel, possibly others
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disappearing: ,
long-range M1917 barbette: ,
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disappearing: 170° ,
long-range M1917 barbette: 360° ,
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M1888, M1895, M1900
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The 12-inch coastal defense gu ...... during and after World War II.
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12-inch gun M1895
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12-inch coastal defense gun M1895
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