May 21, 1941
 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHIEF OF STAFF:
 
     Subject:  Seacoast Defense Guns at Newfoundland,
 Bermuda, and Trinidad.
 
1.   Reference the President's inquiry of May 20th on the
 above subject, the following seacoast armement has been
 or is now being installed.
 
  Newfoundland
    One two-gun, 8-inch railway battery, range 21,000 yards.
    Two two-gun, 155 mm batteries, range 17,000 yards.
     Bermuda
    Two two-gun, 8-inch railway batteries, range 21,000.
    Two two-gun, 155 mm batteries, range 17,000.
    Trinidad
    Four two-gun, 155 mm batteries, range 17,000.
 
2.   In addition to the above, tentative plans provide for
 the following fixed seacoast armament:
 Newfoundland
    Two two-gun, 6-inch batteries, range 27,000 yards.
    Bermuda
    Two two-gun, 6-inch batteries, range 27,000 yards.
    Trinidad
    Two two-gun, 12-inch batteries, range 29,000 yards.
    Five two-gun, 6-inch batteries, range 27,000 yards.
3.   The 12-inch batteries for Trinidad are to be removed from
 harbor defenses in this country. It is expected that they will be
 installed in about eight months.  Carriages for all of the 6-inch
 batteries are now under construction.  Emplacement of the
 6-inch batteries will commence in October 1941, and all can 
be emplaced by the early summer of 1942
 
                         /s/L.T. GEROW,
                         Brigadier General,
                         Acting Assistant Chief of Staff.