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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.
Fort Hughes was just south of Corregidor, while Fort Frank was at the southern entrance to Manila Bay, close to the Cavite province shore. In addition to the 14-inch guns, Fort Hughes also had four 12-inch (305 mm) mortars, two 6-inch (152 mm) disappearing guns, and two 3-inch (76 mm) guns.
The fort, now abandoned, was named after Brigadier General Richard C. Drum, [2] who served with distinction during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War, and died on October 15, 1909, the year of the fort's construction. The island and the other former harbor defenses of Manila Bay fall under the jurisdiction of Cavite City. [3]
Fort Hughes Caballo Island (which means "Horse Island" in Spanish) is a bluff, rocky island located at the entrance to Manila Bay in the Philippines . It is about 1.2 km (0.75 mi) long with the highest elevation at 381 feet high.
The island's biggest area, which points towards the west Philippine Sea, rises prominently to a large flat area that is called "Topside".Beneath this was the fortified communications center of the island, as well as the location for the Army headquarters, barracks for enlisted men, a branch of the Philippine Trust Co. bank, the Cine Corregidor movie theater, officers' quarters, underground ...
The M1910 was a wire-wound gun 40 calibers long. Eight were deployed, all on M1907 disappearing carriages. Locations included Fort Frank and Fort Hughes in Manila Bay (2 guns each) as well as Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA (4 guns). [14] [8]
Fort Mills, Corregidor Island, Manila Bay, Luzon [5] Fort Frank and Fort Hughes, Carabao and Caballo Islands, Manila Bay, Luzon [5] Fort Wint, Grande Island, Subic Bay, Luzon; South Africa 9.2 inch disappearing gun in Fort Wynyard, Cape Town. Visible in Google Earth
Although the 59th Coast Artillery was nominally designated as a tractor-drawn 155 mm gun regiment, its subordinate batteries were used to man the fixed harbor defense positions at Forts Mills, Hughes, Frank, and Drum in Manila Harbor and at Fort Wint in Subic Bay.