American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide

Second Edition

Edited by Mark Berhow
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This book is intended for people interested in the study of American seacoast defenses, who want specific information beyond the introductory works most often available at the bookstores and gift shops at the various forts around the country, but who have not yet accessed the large amount of hard-to-obtain materials, such as those at housed the National Archives.

This second edition is the result of the efforts of many CDSG members, a true group effort to cover subjects that are of interest to the members of the organization. It is a compendium of information designed to provide quick answers to questions that arise when visiting a coast defense site-What was that tower used for? What kind of gun was in that battery? For the second edition, a great number of corrections, changes, additions, better illustrations, suggestions, etc., came from many CDSG members. From these, significant corrections and general upgrades to the sections already published were made and several new sections were added, including sections on the First, Second, and Third Systems, searchlights, garrison structures, ammunition hoists, radar, coast artillery organization, uniforms and insignia. This book can be used to bridge the gap between the introductory works published on specific forts and the more detailed information found in National Archives entries, CDSG Journal articles and other CDSG publications and reprints.

See example information from the guide on a 16 inch gun on a disappearing carriage

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