Sample entry from "Illustrated Concrete Battery Guide"

M1917 Disappearing Carriage for 16-inch Gun

Gun: M1919
Carriages Built: 1
Original Emplacements: 1
Time Emplaced: 1921

Number of Bolts: 16 inner, 14 outer
Circle Diameter: 17' 9" inner, 23' 2" outer
Parapet Height: 15'
Center-to-parapet: 29' 8"

Notes: 10 steps, Battery J.M.K. Davis, Fort Michie, HD Long Island Sound.

 

Total weight: 835 tons
Max/min elevation: +30 / ­5 degrees
Radius: 360 degrees

gun: M1919
Weight: 163 tons
Length: 50 calibers

 

Battery J.M.K. Davis, Fort Michie, H.D. Long Island Sound, circa 1933 (Pierce Rafferty Collection).

 

Battery J.M.K. Davis, Fort Michie, HD long Island Sound 1980s (Glen Williford).

 

 

Battery J.M.K. Davis RCW form 7 drawing (NA)