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- Fort Miley: Battery
243
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- Constructed in 1943, it's guns were not
emplaced until 1948. The very next year, there were removed and
the battery abandoned. Today, the battery is overgrown and used
as a storage area for the Department of Veterans Affairs San
Francisco Medical Center. Only Emplacement 2 in accessable as
Emplacement 1 is completely overgrown.
- Example of the 6-inch rifle used
at Battery 243
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- Layout
of Battery 243, 1944
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- Battery
243 Today
- Emplacement 2, May 2001
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