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To: nickcarraway

Battery Townsley, located in the Marin Headlands just north and west of San Francisco. The gun areas were covered by giant cement casemates intended to protect the guns from aerial attack.

16" gun installation...

6" gun transported through San Francisco...

You can still see one gun barrel at Battery Townsley...

5 posted on 01/17/2023 2:15:45 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)

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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I know exactly where that is...

7 posted on 01/17/2023 2:29:29 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)

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To: ProtectOurFreedom

We had three of those big tubes stored at Pearl. When the New Jersey went to Veetnam we pulled them out of storage, cleaned them up, then sent them to Subic Bay. The Navy guys planned on wearing out the Jersey’s guns shooting at NVeets. And I guess they did since we didn’t get them back.

12 posted on 01/17/2023 3:03:22 PM PST by OldWarBaby

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To: ProtectOurFreedom; BenLurkin; Kaslin; Lazamataz

The Nike-Hercules missile launch site on the north side is impressive. Sobering to realize each anti-air missile warhead had a nuclear bomb.

16 posted on 01/17/2023 5:06:55 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)

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