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Breakers Point Naval Guns
The Breakers Point Naval Guns are a historic World War II-era defensive fortification on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa. It consists of two six-inch Mark 8 Model 2 naval guns, mounted on circular concrete platforms about 200 feet above sea level at the end of Papatele Ridge, which flanks the east side of Pago Pago Harbor. The guns, manufactured in 1907, were emplaced in 1941 amid fears of a Japanese invasion of the island, and were left ''in situ'' (albeit disabled) after invasion fears subsided. They were brought to the site by an innovative railway system that used locally-crafted rails fashioned out of ifil wood when steel rails were not available.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NRHP nomination for Breakers Point Naval Guns )〕 The guns are located on private family-owned land, but may be hiked to with permission.
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.〔
==See also==
*Blunts Point Battery, located across the harbor
*National Register of Historic Places listings in American Samoa
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