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.

There were four unwieldy cannons of this caliber, each measuring over 20 feet (6.1 m) long and weighing ten tons.

The guns had to somehow be lifted into the elevated newly made concrete positions on Breakers and Blunts Points, about 500 feet (150 m) above ground level.

The contractors immediately sent a request to Alameda, California for steel rails, hoisting gear, and cables.

This article about a property in American Samoa on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.