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About 40 years ago preservation at Fort Delaware had just begun. Phoenix Iron Works gave them a historic tube for a 32-pdr. naval gun. The fort erected a casement mount for it. Of course, they were proud of their new restoration and wished to fire it.
A couple of cans of the bore diameter were filled with concrete, and the service load was researched. The location of the gun was in a casement that was well shielded from return fire and, unfortunately, view of the shipping channel.
The first round was loaded and fired. It sailed across the river to the opposite shore — across the bow of a Japanese freighter. The ship dropped anchor, called the Coast Guard and surrendered. Naturally the Coast Guard did not believe the fort was in service since it had been abandoned since before World War I, and told the Japanese they were daft — until the second round whistled past. OOPS! Service loads are not now used in the guns.
Regards,
Jeffrey cohen
Now for your reading pleasure:
About 40 years ago preservation at Fort Delaware had just begun. Phoenix Iron Works gave them a historic tube for a 32-pdr. naval gun. The fort erected a casement mount for it. Of course, they were proud of their new restoration and wished to fire it.
A couple of cans of the bore diameter were filled with concrete, and the service load was researched. The location of the gun was in a casement that was well shielded from return fire and, unfortunately, view of the shipping channel.
The first round was loaded and fired. It sailed across the river to the opposite shore — across the bow of a Japanese freighter. The ship dropped anchor, called the Coast Guard and surrendered. Naturally the Coast Guard did not believe the fort was in service since it had been abandoned since before World War I, and told the Japanese they were daft — until the second round whistled past. OOPS! Service loads are not now used in the guns.
Regards,
Jeffrey cohen
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