Battery Crockett

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Battery Crockett was a coastal artillery battery that formed part of the defensive fortifications at Fort Mills on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal artillery battery
military fortification
associatedWith Battle of Corregidor (1942)
Battle of Corregidor (1945)
surface form: Siege of Corregidor
builtBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
surface form: United States Army Corps of Engineers
constructedDuring early 20th century
controlledBy United States Coast Artillery Corps
surface form: United States Army Coast Artillery Corps
country United States of America
surface form: United States
function coastal defense
harbor defense
garrisonedBy Philippine Scouts
United States Army troops
geographicalContext Luzon
hasType fixed gun emplacement
heritageDesignation historic military site
locatedIn Fort Mills
Philippines
locatedNear entrance to Manila Bay
locatedOn Corregidor
surface form: Corregidor Island
namedAfter Davy Crockett
surface form: David Crockett
operator United States Army
partOf Corregidor Island fortifications
Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays
Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays
surface form: Philippine coastal defense system

defensive fortifications at Fort Mills
status ruins
usedFor defense of Manila Bay
usedIn World War II

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Fort Mills hasPart Battery Crockett
Battery Way near Battery Crockett
Battery Hearn near Battery Crockett