Japanese 8-inch Coastal Gun by junge1
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This 8-inch Japanese Coastal Gun is located on the northern shore of Peale Island, Wake. It has been reported in the past, apparently erroneously, that this gun was British and had been brought by the Japanese from Singapore after it was taken by the Japanese.
Apparently this was incorrect. The reality is that the gun came from obsolete Japanese naval vessels, which had been purchased from the U.K. and Italy in the years before WWI. Source: (hhtp://www.pacificwrecks.com/gun/8inch/wake.html).
This picture was taken in March 1990 and later scanned.
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Sig...
Comments (33)
impressive mutha for that era.
Superb shot of this huge gun, very well done!!
excellent shot Sig and very informative
Shining shot.
Wow I find this so interesting. Thanks for posting it along with the info too.
wünsche Dir und Deiner Familie ein schönes Ostern; das Bild ist wie immer wunderbar
Interesting recycling. Didn't realize they were so big either.
Fantastic find and capture!!!
wonderful capture!!! very impressive gun!!
SO interesting shot Sig! Great POV! I knew that the Japanese shifted around guns from one place to another but not as far as wake from Singapore.. For this size gun, it would have been too far and too bigger risk.. Record's disappear.. Myths appear etc.. But.. A wonderful shot! Rob
Great Picture of the gun and our friend. The information is always so great. So many bits of history. Thanks for them Sig.
wow excellent ! great info
Very interesting shot and information.
Fantastic photo and information
Esplendida captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
Great shot! It's nice to have your friend there for scale. Wow!
Wonderful find and image!
Impressive capture..so interesting! :)
Very interesting!!
Very impressive. I would like to be here !
Beautiful composition
SUPERLATIVE WORK!!!
Great picture, who is the goofy guy standing next to it????
Good question Duncan!!!
Outstanding capture my friend.
great foto and story.
Beautiful work!
Interesting photo and info! :)
Really cool!!!!
WOW, very impressive!