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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.
Fort Hughes was armed with 14-inch (356 mm) M1910 guns like these shown firing at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California in 1931. [4] The fort had several 12-inch (305 mm) mortars sited at Battery Craighill. The initial construction on Fort Hughes was largely complete by 1914 except the mortar battery, completed in 1919.
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]
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 ...
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
An inmate firefighter lights a backfire as the Hughes blaze burns north of Los Angeles on Jan. 22, 2025, near Castaic, California. Why did the Hughes Fire explode so fast?
The Hughes wildfire in LA County has prompted Red flag warnings and evacuation orders across Southern California LA County's Hughes wildfire goes from brush blaze to 9,000+-acre conflagration ...