"Fort DeSoto Walk-through" Topic
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| Anton Ryzbak | 15 Jun 2019 10:15 p.m. PST |
Fort DeSoto consisted of several batteries covering the entry to Tampa Bay. I had a chance to visit a while back and here is a walk-through of the fort link
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Frederick  | 16 Jun 2019 6:40 a.m. PST |
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| PrivateSnafu | 16 Jun 2019 7:17 a.m. PST |
The park is very nice. The water and beaches make for a lovely day of frolicking. Many a sand dollar can be found. |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 16 Jun 2019 10:18 a.m. PST |
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 ColCampbell | 16 Jun 2019 12:22 p.m. PST |
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| William Warner | 16 Jun 2019 1:13 p.m. PST |
I enjoyed that very much. My grandfather served at a similar fort from 1906 to 1909 -- Fort Hancock, New Jersey, guarding the entrance to New York City. |
| PVT641 | 17 Jun 2019 7:42 a.m. PST |
I live about 20 minute from the Watervliet Arsenal where those guns were manufactured. |
| ColCampbell | 18 Jun 2019 8:57 a.m. PST |
From my good friend who has visited the site and is a fanatic about US coastal fortifications: The army removed the rearmost two of the 12" mortars in each mortar pit in 1917. This was because with four mortars in each pit, the confusion when the gunners were loading the weapons significantly increased the time between salvos. With two mortars in each pit, the battery could fire two 4-gun salvos in the same time that it formerly took to fire one 8-gun salvo. Fort Dade was the main post and fort Desoto was a sub-post. Both were abandoned in 1923Egmont Key is accessible only by boat. There is a sightseeing or dive tour that goes out there. Before the 1895 "Endicott program" of rearming American coastal fortifications began, around 1895, there were iron muzzle-loading weapons mounted there. When the emplacements for the newer, larger, and more modern steel rifled guns were built, the older "useless" muzzle loaders were thrown into the concrete as reinforcement. This can be seen in photos. Jim |
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