14-inch gun M1907
14-inch Gun M1907 | |
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Type | Coastal artillery |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
In service | 1908–1945 |
Used by | United States Army |
Wars | World War I, World War II |
Production history | |
Designer | Watervliet Arsenal |
Designed | 1907–1910 |
Manufacturer | Watervliet Arsenal |
Variants | M1907, M1907MI M1909 |
Specifications | |
Mass | M1907: 111,900 pounds (50,800 kg) M1907MI: 118,700 pounds (53,800 kg) |
Length | M1907: 495 inches (1,260 cm) M1907MI: 495 inches (1,260 cm) |
Barrel length | M1907 & M1907MI: 34 calibers (476 inches (1,210 cm)) M1909 & M1910: 40 calibers (560 inches (1,400 cm)) |
De Bange type | |
Carriage | M1907, M1907MI, and M1910 guns: M1907 & M1907MI disappearing[2] M1909 gun: M1909 turret[2] |
Elevation | disappearing: -5° to +15°, turret: -0.09° to +15°[2] |
Traverse | disappearing: 170°, turret: 360° (varied with surrounding structures) |
Muzzle velocity | M1907 and M1907MI: 2,150 feet per second (660 m/s)[1] M1909 and M1910: 2,220 feet per second (680 m/s)[1] |
Maximum firing range | disappearing: 25,000 yards (23,000 m)[3] |
Feed system | hand |
Sights | Telescopic |
The 14-inch Gun M1907 (356 mm) and its variants the M1907MI, M1909, and M1910 were large
History
In 1885,
After the
14-inch gun M1907 and M1907MI
The M1907 was a
14-inch gun M1909
The M1909 was a wire-wound gun 40 calibers long designed specifically for the turrets of
14-inch gun M1910
The M1910 was a wire-wound gun 40 calibers long. Eight were deployed, all on M1907 disappearing carriages. Locations included Fort Frank and Fort Hughes in Manila Bay (2 guns each) as well as Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA (4 guns).[13][7]
World War II
Along with other coast artillery weapons, the 14-inch guns in the Philippines saw action in the
In 1940–44,
Surviving examples
Six 14-inch guns of this type remain in the Philippines.[15]
1. Two 14-inch Guns M1909 (#4 & #3 Watervliet) in one Turret M1909 (#1 Newport News), Battery John M. Wilson, Fort Drum, El Fraile Island, Philippines.
2. Two 14-inch Guns M1909 (#2 & #1 Watervliet) in one Turret M1909 (#2 Newport News), Battery William L. Marshall, Fort Drum, El Fraile Island, Philippines.
3. One 14-inch Gun M1910 (#15 Watervliet) on Disappearing Carriage M1907MI (#20 Watervliet), Battery Gillespie, Fort Hughes, Caballo Island, Philippines.
4. One 14-inch Gun M1910 (#8 Watervliet) on Disappearing Carriage M1907MI (#17 Watervliet), Battery Woodruff, Fort Hughes, Caballo Island, Philippines.
See also
- Seacoast defense in the United States
- Battle of Corregidor
- Coast Artillery fire control system
- 10-inch gun M1895
- 12-inch gun M1895
- List of U.S. Army weapons by supply catalog designation
- United States War Department Forms
Weapons of comparable role, performance and era
- 14"/45 caliber guncontemporary US Navy equivalent
- EOC 14 inch /45 naval guncontemporary British equivalent
- Vickers 14 inch/45 naval gun contemporary Vickers-designed Japanese equivalent
References
- ^ a b c d e Ordnance 1917, p. 45
- ^ a b c Berhow, pp. 158–163
- ^ Berhow, p. 61
- ^ a b Coast Defense Study Group fort and battery list
- ^ Berhow, Mark A. and McGovern, Terrance C., American Defenses of Corregidor and Manila Bay 1898–1945, Osprey Publishing Ltd.; 1st edition, 2003; pages 7–8.
- ^ Ordnance 1917, pages 38–40, 45
- ^ a b c Berhow, pages 158-163, 220-223
- ^ Ordnance 1917, pages 40-42, 45
- ^ Berhow, pp. 102-103
- ^ Morton, Louis (1953). The Fall of the Philippines. U.S. Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 486–487. CMH Pub 5-2. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ "How We Boarded Fort Drum" By Brigadier General W. F. Heavey; Infantry Journal; August 1945
- ^ Smith, Robert Ross (1993) [1963]. Triumph in the Philippines (PDF). U.S. Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 355–356. CMH Pub 5-10-1.
- ^ Ordnance 1917, page 42, 45
- ^ Coast Defense Journal, Volume 31, Issue 2, May 2017
- ^ Berhow, page 229
- Berhow, Mark A., ed. (2004). American Seacoast Defenses, A Reference Guide (Second ed.). CDSG Press. ISBN 0-9748167-0-1.
- Lewis, Emanuel Raymond (1979). Seacoast Fortifications of the United States. Annapolis: Leeward Publications. ISBN 978-0-929521-11-4.
- Ordnance Dept., US Army (1917). Description of 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16-inch Seacoast Guns. Washington: Government Printing Office. pp. 37–45.
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