America Responds To A New Challenge

America Responds To A New Challenge (HM1ACD)

Location: Sullivans Island, SC 29482 Charleston County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 45.517', W 79° 51.346'

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The growth of powerful iron navies during the 1890's prompted the United States to build hundreds of new anti-battleship batteries such as this, which mounted four 10-inch guns.

Each shell, weighing as much as 617 pounds, had a range of nearly 8.5 miles (14,700 yds. or 13,436 M.) and was capable of penetrating 20 inches of armor at close range. A well-trained gun crew could fire at the rate of 1½ times a minute. This rate of fire was made possible by the use of the disappearing carriage, which employed the energy of its recoil to lower the gun behind the fortification. Counterweights raised the gun for the next round.

These 82,000 pound giants remained on active duty from 1898 to 1943.
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Date Added Sunday, October 26th, 2014 at 12:59am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 607182 N 3625106
Decimal Degrees32.75861667, -79.85576667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 45.517', W 79° 51.346'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 45' 31.02" N, 79° 51' 20.76" W
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Area Code(s)843
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1301-1449 Poe Ave, Sullivans Island SC 29482, US
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