16‘/50 Caliber Mark 7 Gun Barrel Number 293
16‘/50 Caliber Mark 7 Gun Barrel Number 293 is a cannon in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. 16‘/50 Caliber Mark 7 Gun Barrel Number 293 is situated nearby to the park Marine Parade Grounds, as well as near the ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD-41).Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lincoln Financial Field and Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
Lincoln Financial Field
Stadium
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Lincoln Financial Field is an American football stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. It is the home stadium of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League and the Temple Owls football team of Temple University. Lincoln Financial Field is situated 3,500 feet northeast of 16‘/50 Caliber Mark 7 Gun Barrel Number 293.
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Historic site
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The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was the first United States Navy shipyard and was historically important for nearly two centuries. Construction of the original Philadelphia Naval Shipyard began during the American Revolution in 1776 at Front and Federal Streets in what is now the Pennsport section of Philadelphia. Philadelphia Naval Shipyard is situated 1,700 feet southwest of 16‘/50 Caliber Mark 7 Gun Barrel Number 293.
Xfinity Mobile Arena
Sports venue
Xfinity Mobile Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Philadelphia. It serves as the home of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association, and the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League. Xfinity Mobile Arena is situated 2,900 feet northeast of 16‘/50 Caliber Mark 7 Gun Barrel Number 293.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Packer Park and Red Bank.
Packer Park
Neighborhood
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Packer Park is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that originally included 1,000 homes built in two unique builder developments, of Packer Park in the 1950s and Brinton Estates during the 1990s.
Red Bank
Hamlet
National Park is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,026, a decrease of 10 from the 2010 census count of 3,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 169 from the 3,205 counted in the 2000 census.
Whitman
Neighborhood
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Whitman is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bounded on the west by Sixth Street, on the east by Front Street, on the south by Bigler Street, and on the north by Snyder Avenue. Whitman is situated 2 miles northeast of 16‘/50 Caliber Mark 7 Gun Barrel Number 293.
16‘/50 Caliber Mark 7 Gun Barrel Number 293
- Type: Cannon
- Inscription: “This was the center gun of Turret 1 on the battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) from 1943 until 1954, fired in anger during World War II and the Korean War.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.89387° or 39° 53′ 38″ northLongitude
-75.17592° or 75° 10′ 33″ westOpen location code
87F6VRVF+GJOpenStreetMap ID
node 10037203114OpenStreetMap feature
historic=cannon
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