Shore Battery

Marshall Islands / Ailinlaplap / Bikeer /

Second World War 1939-1945, island, military

Rumored to be a "singapore gun" brought from the Singapore Harbor defenses, this gun is actually surplus from an older Japanese destroyer.

www.pacificwrecks.com/gun/8inch/wake.html

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Coordinates: 19°18'57"N 166°37'10"E

Peale Island - Wake Island Atoll 0.6 km
Wake Island - Wake Island Atoll 1 km
Wake Island Atoll 2.8 km
Bikini atoll 860 km
Bikini 863 km
Rongelap Atoll 870 km
Rongerik Atoll 882 km
Runit 978 km
Enewetak Atoll 981 km
Enewetak 999 km

Wake Island Airfield (PWAK) 3.8 km
Castle Union and Yankee craters 859 km
Redwing Tewa crater 861 km
Romeo Crater 861 km
Approximate Position of sunken ships of July 1946 868 km
Operation Crossroads Shots ABLE & BAKER 868 km
Hardtack 1 Koa shot crater 974 km
Ivy Mike Crater 975 km
Hardtack Oak Crater 986 km
Deep Entrance 990 km

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Wake Island Airfield (PWAK) Castle Union and Yankee craters Redwing Tewa crater Romeo Crater Approximate Position of sunken ships of July 1946 Operation Crossroads Shots ABLE & BAKER Hardtack 1 Koa shot crater Ivy Mike Crater Hardtack Oak Crater Deep Entrance