Comments by "COL BEAUSABRE" (@colbeausabre8842) on "US Navy Fleet Problems - Taking the ships out for exercise (I-VII)" video.

  1.  @jerrycottrell302  No Army Ammunition over 50 cal fit Navy weapons. The Navy had 6 inch (152mm) guns, the Army had 155 guns (caliber inherited from the M1917 GPF's bought from France as the US ad nothing comparable. Retained post-war as funding was unavailable. When funds became available there was such a huge stock of 155mm shells left over from the Great War that the new gun had to be able to fire it. ). But this was no different than any other nation in regard to Army vs Navy ammunition.
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  2. Defenses of the Canal Zone (Battery Name/Number/Caliber/M = Mortar RY = Railway DC=Disappearing Carriage PM = "Panama Mount" P = Pedestal Mount BCLR = Barbette Carriage Long Range CBC = Casemented Barbette Carriage AMTB = Anti Motor Torpedo Boat) Panama Mount "The term Panama Mount describes a gun mount developed by the U.S. Army in Panama during the 1920s for fixed coastal artillery positions. Panama mounts were widely used during the buildup to and during World War II by the United States military. The mounts could be constructed as either full, 3/4 or half circles of steel rail set in concrete with a diameter of approximately 36 feet (11 m). A concrete column with a diameter of ten feet (3.0 m) was constructed in the center of the circle to support the gun and carriage. The concrete column was connected to the outer concrete ring by concrete beams for alignment/stability. Originally traverse was accomplished with several men and prybars to move the trailing arms around the steel ring. Later installations included a geared steel ring just inside of the outer steel rail for improved traverse. The Canon de 155mm GPF, designated 155 mm gun M1917 (French-made) or M1918 (US-made) in U.S. service, was often married with Panama mounts; these were the primary weapons of the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps' tractor-drawn mobile units 1920-1945." The Harbor Defenses of Cristobal, Panama (Panama Canal Zone, Atlantic side ) FORT RANDOLPH / Margarita Island / 1911 to Panama, 1979; commercial development / KK Webb /2/14″/ DC /1912-1948 #1/2/14″/ RY / 1928-1948 / 2 guns for Panama, 4 empl. (#1 & #8) 1 empl. destroyed Tidball /4/12″ / M /1912-1943 Zalinski /4/12″/ M /1912-1943 Weed /2/ 6″/ DC /1912-1946 X(4A) /4/155 mm / PM /1940 2C / 4 /155 mm / PM 5A / 4 /155 mm / PM FORT DeLESSEPS /Colon / 1911 /to Panama, 1950s /KK Morgan/2/ 6″/P /1913-1944/modified casemate mounts M1910 AMTB #3b/4/90 mm/F/1943-1948/Cristobal mole, built over FORT SHERMAN / Toro Point / 1911 / MD, MC /to Panama 1999/KK #151/2/16″/CBC/NB Mower/1/14″/DC/1912-1948 Stanley/1/14″/DC/1912-1948 Howard/4/12″/M/1912-1943 Baird/4/12″/M/1912-1943 Pratt/2/12″/BCLR/1924-1948/Iglesia Pt., casemated-WWII MacKenzie/2/12″/BCLR/1924-1948/Iglesia Pt., not rebuilt Kilpatrick/2/ 6″/DC/1913-1946 W/4/155 mm/PM/1940 Other sites / ? U/4/155 mm/PM/1918/Tortuguilla Point V/4/155 mm/PM/1940/Naranjitos Point Y/4/155 mm/PM/1940/Palma Media Island Z(1A)/4/155 mm/PM/1940/Galetta Is. 1B/4/155 mm/PM//Galetta Is. The Harbor Defenses of Balboa, Panama (Panama Canal Zone, Pacific Side) FORT KOBBE (ex-Ft. Bruja)/ Bruja Point /Howard AFB to Panama 1999/ KK Murray/2/16″ /BCLRN/1926-1948/Bruja Pt., casemated-WWII Haan/2/16″ /BCLRN/1926-1948/Batele Pt., not casemated, empl. buried AMTB #6/4/90 mm/F/1943-1948 Z (3A) FORT AMADOR / Balboa / to Panama, 1997; commercial development /K Birney/2/ 6″/DC/1913-1943/buried Smith/2/ 6″/DC/1913-1943/buried FORT GRANT /Balboa /to Panama, 1979 private development /MD, MC /KK Newton/1/16″/DC/1914-1943/Perico Is., filled to loading platform level Buell/2/14″/DC/1912-1948/Naos Is. Burnside/2/14″/DC/1912-1948/Naos Is./ Warren/2/14″/DC/1912-1948/Flaminco Is., empls. filled to parapit edge Prince/4/12″/M/1912-1943/Flaminco Is. Merritt/4/12″/M/1912-1943/Flaminco Is. Carr/4/12″/M/1912-1943/Flaminco Is. Parke/2/ 6″/DC/1912-1948/Naos Is. #8/2/14″/RY/1928-1948/Culebra Is., empl (see #1, Randolph), covered T/2/155 mm/PM//Flamenco Is. U (10A)/2/155 mm/PM//Flamenco Is. V(10B)/2/155 mm/PM//Culebra Is. Other sites /? W (1B)/4/155 mm/PM//Taboquilla Is. 2B/2/155 mm/PM//Taboquilla Is. unnamed/4/155 mm/PM//Paitilla Pt. X/2/155 m/PM//Urara Is. Y (1A)/4/155 mm/PM//Taboga Is.
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