Location East of Songsong Built 1941 NRHP Reference # 84000422 Added to NRHP 2 November 1984 | Area less than one acre Built by Japanese Military Opened 1941 | |
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Nearest cities Songsong, Northern Mariana Islands | ||
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The Japanese Coastal Defense Gun near Songsong (Rota), MP, is a historic site that is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The gun emplacement was built by the Japanese military in 1941. It was listed on the National Register in 1984.
The gun included is a Japanese 140 millimeter coastal defense gun of Model 3 type. It is placed in a camouflaged, reinforced concrete casemate within the cliff overlooking the entrance to Rota's East Harbor. Its casemate is 7.7 metres (25 ft) wide and 6.6 metres (22 ft) deep. The defense gun itself was manufactured in Japan in 1925, and is bolted into place.
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Japanese Coastal Defense Gun Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA