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• USS Bering Strait (AVP-34)
  ==Construction, commissioning, and shakedown== ...Vietnam War]], ''Bering Strait'' participated in [[Operation Market Time]] coastal surveillance operations off [[Vietnam]], serving two tours (in 1967-1968 an
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• USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)
  ...seaplane tender|''Barnegat''-class]] [[seaplane tender]], converted during construction into a [[motor torpedo boat tender]] ==Construction and deployment==
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• USCGC Half Moon (WAVP-378)
  ==Construction and U.S. Navy service== ...d civil authorities in [[Bermuda]] fight a fire aboard the merchant ship ''Coastal Service'' at [[Ordnance Wharf]], [[St. Georges]], Bermuda, on 14 August 196
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• USCGC Barataria (WAVP-381)
  ==Construction and U.S. Navy service== ...in [[Operation Market Time]], the interdiction of [[Communism|communist]] coastal arms and [[munition]]s traffic along the coastline of [[Vietnam]] during th
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• USCGC Gresham (WAVP-387)
  ==Construction and U.S. Navy service== ...on, Washington|Houghton]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. While under construction, she was converted into a motor torpedo boat tender and was launched as suc
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• USS Willoughby (AGP-9)
  ...seaplane tender|''Barnegat''-class]] [[seaplane tender]], converted during construction into a [[motor torpedo boat tender]] ==Construction and Deployment==
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• USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382)
  ==Construction and U.S. Navy service== ...in [[Operation Market Time]], the interdiction of [[Communism|communist]] coastal arms and [[munition]]s traffic along the coastline of [[Vietnam]] during th
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• USCGC Yakutat (WAVP-380)
  ==Construction and U.S. Navy service== ...in [[Operation Market Time]], the interdiction of [[Communism|communist]] coastal arms and [[munition]]s traffic along the coastline of [[Vietnam]] during th
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• USCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384)
  ==Construction and U.S. Navy service== ...in [[Operation Market Time]], the interdiction of [[Communism|communist]] coastal arms and [[munition]]s traffic along the coastline of Vietnam during the [[
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• USS Tucumcari (PGH-2)
  ==Construction, operations in San Diego, and deployment to Vietnam== ...ed its mission of demonstrating hydrofoil technology. Deployments included coastal surveillance with the U.S. Coast Guard out of Woods Hole, Massachusetts and
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• Armstrong Gun
  ...ch]]. The term has also been used to describe Armstrong's [[built-up gun]] construction system of a [[wrought-iron]] tube surrounded by multiple wrought-iron stren ...h range and accuracy. Over the next three years he developed his system of construction and adapted it to guns of heavier calibre.
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• 16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun
  ...t example of a [[United States Navy|US Navy]] 16-inch gun was approved for construction in [[1895]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.geocities.com/fort_tilden/16ing ...hese guns. The existing guns were transferred to the Army and installed in coastal defence batteries in place of the Army's more massive and much more expensi
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• 38 cm SK C/34 naval gun
  ...ttlecruisers, however they were never delivered. Spare guns were used as [[coastal artillery]] in [[Denmark]], [[Norway]] and [[France]]. One gun is currently ...onstruction never actually began.<ref>Gander and Chamberlain, p. 259</ref> Construction for two of those turrets was well underway at Oxby, Denmark when the war en
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• 68-pounder 95 cwt
  |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coast Defence gun]] On land the 68-pounder was used extensively in British coastal defences constructed during the 1850s - notably at forts like [[fort Gomer|
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• BL 6 inch gun Mk II – VI
  ...gun on [[disappearing gun|disappearing carriage]] at [[Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence|Lei Yue Mun Fort]], Hong Kong |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coast defence gun]]
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• BL 7.5 inch Mk II – V naval gun
  |caption=Turrets for [[HMS Shannon (1906)|HMS ''Shannon'']] under construction at the Vickers Works, Barrow |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coast defence gun]]
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• QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
  Mk I and II guns, of "built up" construction of multiple steel layers, served on many Royal Navy [[destroyer]]s up to an [[Category:Coastal artillery]]
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• QF 14 pounder Maxim-Nordenfelt naval gun
  ==Victorian coastal artillery== 14 pounders were used for coastal defence at [[Fort Nepean]], [[Fort Pearce]] and [[Fort Queenscliff]].
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• QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I–IV
  |type=[[Naval gun]]<br>[[Field gun|Medium field gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coastal defence gun]] ...porating a [[British ordnance terms#Wire-wound|wire wound]] element to its construction. As first built, all used a three-motion screw [[Breech-loading weapon|bree
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• RBL 20 pounder Armstrong gun
  ...led BL gun.JPG|thumb|left|<center>13 cwt boat gun at [[Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence]]</center>]] ...led BL gun.JPG|An unrestored 13 cwt pinnace gun]] at [[Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence]]
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