Battery McCorkle (Sullivan's Island) | military

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Two 3" masking pedestal mount guns were mounted here from 1899 to 1943.

Battery McCorkle was named on May 15, 1903 in honor of 1st Lieutenant Henry L. McCorkle, 25th U.S. Infantry, who was killed July 1, 1898 at the Battle of El Caney, Cuba.

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Coordinates: 32°45'32"N 79°51'27"W

Naval Weapons Station Charleston 32 km
MCAS Beaufort 87 km
Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot 93 km
Hunter Army Airfield 150 km
Fort Jackson 181 km
Fort Stewart 204 km
Fort Gordon 247 km
Camp Mackall 257 km
Fort Bragg 283 km
Robins Air Force Base (WRB/KWRB) 352 km

Fort Moultrie National Monument 0.2 km
Officers Quarters 1 km
USS Patapsco (wreck) 1.2 km
Pitt St. Pier 1.4 km
Sullivan's Island Fire&Rescue 1.7 km
Cummings Point 2.3 km
Spider Island 3.1 km
Charleston Harbor 4.2 km
USS Weehawken (wreck) 5.4 km
Morris Island 5.7 km

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Fort Moultrie National Monument Officers Quarters USS Patapsco (wreck) Pitt St. Pier Sullivan's Island Fire&Rescue Cummings Point Spider Island Charleston Harbor USS Weehawken (wreck) Morris Island