Battery 234

Battery 234

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Battery 234 and its twin, Battery 233 on Perdido Key, were designed to house 6-inch guns with curved shields from four to six inches thick cast-steel. The shields provided protection against machine gun and light artillery fire.

Although the batteries received their shields and barbette carriages in 1946, the 6-inch guns were never received.

The guns, shields, and barbette carriages present today were placed there in 1976 through the cooperation of the Smithsonian Institution and are identical to the type of guns that would have been emplaced by the Army.

The tower adjacent to Battery 234 was to be used to direct gunfire from Battery 234's 6-inch shield guns.

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