Название: The Concrete Battleship: Fort Drum, El Fraile Island, Manila Bay
Автор(ы): Francis J. Allen
Издательство: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co.
Год: 1989
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 66
Размер: 62 Mb
Язык: English

Бетонный броненосец: Форт Драм, остров Эль-Фрэйл, Манила-Бэй.
Located at the mouth of Manila Bay, Fort Drum on El Fraile Island is unique in the development of U.S. coastal fortifications. The Fort is part of a chain of forts built across the entrance of Manila Bay in the Philippines to defend Manila from attack. Construction began in 1909 by reduc­ing tiny El Fraile Island to the low water mark. Over the next ten years a multi-deck concrete island was built to mount two twin 14-inch guns in superimposed armored turrets.