Battery 519

1942

N 38°46.608 W075°05.241 (USCGS "Bunker")

Originally planned as Battery 119, a 16-inch gun battery. It was modified
in 1943 to accomodate two 12-inch M1895M1A4 guns on M1917 barbette carriages
from Fort Saulsbury.
{see "American Seacoast Defenses" 2nd Ed. page 154}


Distant view from Battery Herring.


Distant view of rear from Observation Tower.


Gun casemate #1.
Gun casemate #2.

Entrance #2.
12-inch gun to be installed in casemate #1.

Center entrance.
Interior corridor.

Casemate #2 interior.
Casemate #1 interior prior to gun installation.

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