Battery McCorkle (Sullivan's Island)
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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.
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.
Nearby cities:
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