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English: This image is of a 3-inch rapid fire seacoast gun, M1902. This is not a 3-inch M1902 field gun. The gun is mounted on a pedestal base. The hand wheels for aiming it in direction (traversing) and range (elevating) are visible. The breech is open. The firing battery was used to supply current to the small lamps that lit the aiming scales and the sight at night.
Date circa 1900
date QS:P,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Source "The Service of Coast Artillery," Frank T. Hines and Franklin W. Ward, Goodenough & Woglom Co., New York, 1910.
Author Photograph most likely taken by the U.S. Coast Artillery.
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  • 2010-07-17 18:38 Pgrig 716×548× (172954 bytes) This image of a 3-inch rapid fire gun, M1902, is from "The Service of Coast Artillery," Frank T. Hines and Franklin W. Ward, Goodenough & Woglom Co., New York, 1910. The image was most likely taken by the U.S. Coast Artillery. The gun is mounted on a ped

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