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RHC |
| Item Call Number |
MS RH 73 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
18448 |
| Title Statement |
- Title - Gun batteries tabulation of the harbor defenses of Manila and Subic Bays & Reports of completed works of the fixed and semi fixed seacoast gun batteries of: Fort Mills, Corregidor Island, Manila Bay, Fort Hughes, Caballo Island, Manila Bay, Fort Frank, Carabao Island, Manila Bay, Fort Wint, Grande Island, Subic Bay
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| Physical Description |
- Other physical details - illustrations
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| General Note |
- General note - Compiled from the Tony Feredo Collection
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "This list shows gun emplacements built by the US Army Corps of Engineers for these harbor defenses.
It does not list those guns used for the Inland Seas Defense Project (except where noted) nor the field
guns used for defense of the islands in 1941-2. The American command ordered all harbor defense
weapons be rendered inoperable before surrendering to the Japanese on March 6, 1942. This order was
carried out on Forts Mills and Drum, but may not have been implemented on Hughes and Frank. The
Japanese apparently removed few, if any, of the guns for scrap. Some of the 3” guns were repositioned by
the Japanese and they added a few more weapons for beach defense in 1944. Most guns that are missing
today have been removed by scavengers after 1945.
The document also includes most of the gun battery design layouts based on the Report of Completed Works (RCW) from the Office of the Chief of Engineers (OCE).
(Source: Record Group 77 , National Archives, US, under the Office of Chief of Engineers (OCE). All documents are have been declassified and are for public use)" - Tony Feredo
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| Immediate Source Of Acquisition Note |
- Source of acquisition - Tony Feredo
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Coast defenses
- Geographic subdivision - Manila Bay
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Coast defenses
- Geographic subdivision - Subic Bay
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Artillery, Coast
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
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