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Forts Hughes and Frank, both completed by 1914 (except Fort Hughes' mortars in 1919), were generally similar in that each had two one-gun batteries of 14-inch (356 mm) guns. Fort Hughes was just south of Corregidor, while Fort Frank was at the southern entrance to Manila Bay, close to the Cavite province shore.
Fort Hughes was built by the Philippine Department of the U.S. Army on Caballo Island in the Philippines in the early 1900s. [1] [2] The fort, which part of the Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, was named for Major General Robert Patterson Hughes, a veteran of the American Civil War, Spanish–American War, and the Philippine–American War.
Caballo Island, with Fort Hughes, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Corregidor's lighthouse, with an area of 75 acres (30 ha), rises to a height of 381 ft (116 m). Battery Woodruff had a single 14-inch gun M1910 , Battery Craighill had four 12-inch M1912 mortars , Battery Leach had dual 6-inch gun M1908s, while Battery Fuger had dual 3-inch gun M1903s.
Caballo, along with the larger Corregidor (2 km to the north), divides the entrance to the bay into two broad and deep channels, known as the North and South Channel. [1] The whole island was formerly occupied by Fort Hughes, a U.S. defense fortification before World War II. It was heavily bombed during the war. [2]
Remainder of regiment activated 30 May 1941 at Fort Mills. Heavily engaged in the Battle of Corregidor and other engagements of the Philippines campaign (1941–1942); surrendered 6 May 1942 to Japanese forces on Corregidor Island, Philippine Islands. Inactivated 2 April 1946 at Fort Mills.
Fast-moving Hughes Fire erupts in Los Angeles County as California officials order evacuations Andrea Margolis, Christina Shaw Updated January 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The Hughes Fire that started Wednesday and continued to burn Thursday is the latest in a series of disastrous blazes that have broken out in southern California since Jan. 7.
Schools in Castaic, where the Hughes Fire was rapidly spreading on Wednesday afternoon, evacuated students to nearby locations where parents are asked to respond, according to the California ...