page_title: Fort Hughes
hierarchical_section_title: Fort Hughes
caption_attribution_description: Local Accession Number: PC 183 Description: Postcard photograph of 4 12 in. mortars at Fort Greble during World War I. Photographer: Unknown Source: Donated by Jean Brannum Nichols Size: 3x5 Medium: Print, Black and White Date: c. 1917- 1918
context_page_description: Fort Hughes was part of the Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays built by the Philippine Department of the U.S. Army in the early 1900s. The fort was named for Major General Robert P. Hughes, a veteran of the American Civil War, Spanish–American War, and the Philippine–American War.
context_section_description: Fort Hughes (Caballo Island, the Philippines) was part of the Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays built by the Philippine Department of the U.S. Army in the early 1900s. The fort was named for Major General Robert P. Hughes, a veteran of the American Civil War, Spanish–American War, and the Philippine–American War.
caption: 12-inch (305 mm) mortars, similar to those of Battery Craighill.
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