M1 4.5-inch gun SN 1 found in Indiana

Kurt_Laughlin · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 577

Saw this on one of my modeling sites:

www.armorama.com/modul..._id=204419

Also T1 carriage SN 1 and a replacement recoil mechanism.

Anyone have a list of these in the US? I've never seen one, and only know of a handful, this one, one at Ft Sill, and another farther out west IIRC.

KL

armyjunk2 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 1416

ID SIZE Field3 NAME LOCATION STATE COUNTRY NOTES
2 4.5in G Gun, M1 (1of9) Fort Sill OK Military Museum
32 4.5in G Gun, M1 Madison IN 1942
33 4.5in G Gun, M1 Sellersburg IN 1942 VFW
78 4.5in G Gun, M1 (2of9) Fort Sill OK Military Museum
79 4.5in G Gun, M1 (3of9) Fort Sill OK Military Museum
80 4.5in G Gun, M1 (4of9) Fort Sill OK Military Museum
81 4.5in G Gun, M1 (5of9) Fort Sill OK Military Museum
82 4.5in G Gun, M1 (6of9) Fort Sill OK Military Museum
83 4.5in G Gun, M1 (7of9) Fort Sill OK Military Museum
84 4.5in G Gun, M1 (8of9) Fort Sill OK Military Museum
85 4.5in G Gun, M1 (9of9) Fort Sill OK Military Museum
139 4.5in G Gun, M1 New Braunfels TX
205 4.5in G Gun, M1 Osgood IN Hwy 421 OM

Kurt_Laughlin · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 577

Thanks AJ! Looks like there are three in close proximity.

There's an error in your list: The Osgood gun is on Hwy 421, not 241.

maps.google.com/maps?h...=0CI8BELYD

Madison IN, corner of Virginia Ave and North Michigan Rd

maps.google.com/maps?q...47250&z=19

KL

armyjunk2 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 1416

the one in Madison is at the Vet cemetery at the old state hospital. It used to be at the Court House. I changed the 421,my fingers go a lot faster than my brain

Kurt_Laughlin · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 577

armyjunk2 wrote:

the one in Madison is at the Vet cemetery at the old state hospital. It used to be at the Court House.

Madison or Sellersburg? You can see one (a cannon of some type) in the Madison google image I liked. It's at a VFW.

KL

armyjunk2 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 1416

hi Kurt, I think I see how this got confused, has the 4.5 been moved to the VFW in Madison? It was at the Vet cemetery and before that downtown by the courthouse. The other piece is in Sellersburg at a VFW or AL on New Albany Ave. 38° 24.089'N 85° 45.171'W

I can check on the Madison piece later on, its close to here

Kurt_Laughlin · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 577

I have no idea of the history - I didn't know they existed until you posted!

You can see the Madison gun in Google:
maps.google.com/maps?q...47250&z=19

Now I see the one in Sellersburg on Streetview - thanks.

KL

lovett155

By the way, the eight 4.5 inch guns at Fort Sill are out at Aiming Circle Hill near the "High Rise" buildings. They are not at the museum site.

They have been used for years to train young artillerymen how to lay (survey) in a battery with an aiming circle.

These guns are all now named for junior Field Artillery Officers killed in service in Iraq and Afghanistan.

R/

Ralph Lovett

armyjunk2 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 1416

Hello everyone, a short roadtrip figured this all out....
The guns at the VFW in Madison are a 105mm Howitzer and a 40mm Bofors. These are some of the other pieces in the neighborhood

4.5in Gun, M1 Madison IN 1942 Veteran Cemetery
4.5in Gun, M1 Sellersburg IN 1942 VFW
4.5in Gun, M1 Osgood IN Hwy 421 OM