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Battery Lewis commissioning, October 1942 — the newly poured 600-foot casemate on the Hartshorne heights, two 16-inch barrels emerging, an Army detail in front, colorized
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Battery Lewis commissioning, October 1942

1942-10

Battery Lewis, Navesink Military Reservation

The 600-foot casemate of Battery Lewis at commissioning, October 1942. Two 16-inch guns removed from the retired battleship USS *Wyoming* installed on the highest ground of the coast between Maine and North Carolina. Range approximately twenty-five miles. Never fired at an enemy. Sold for scrap and the barrels removed in 1948.

Then and now

Battery Lewis commissioning, October 1942 — the newly poured 600-foot casemate on the Hartshorne heights, two 16-inch barrels emerging, an Army detail in front, colorized
Battery Lewis today at Hartshorne Woods County Park — restored, with the USS New Jersey 16-inch barrel installed at the east emplacement, a walking-tour interpretive sign in front

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Title
Battery Lewis commissioning, October 1942
Date
1942-10
Source
Placeholder — stand-in for U.S. Army Signal Corps.
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Battery Lewis commissioning, October 1942 (1942-10). Placeholder — stand-in for U.S. Army Signal Corps. The Highlands History Project, https://history.abovethehook.com/archive/guns-battery-lewis-1942/.