concrete battleship named fort drum

America's Concrete Battleship Named Fort Drum

Did you know the U.S. had a concrete battleship?

Incredibly, this concrete fortification looks like a fortress on the water.

Learn all about America's concrete battleship named Fort Drum.

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When an island needed to be fortified to protect Manila Bay in the Philippines, Fort Drum was born.

This fortification shared in a video on YouTube was made to look like an actual battleship. It was made complete with some mighty guns and serious armored concrete.

Fort Drum stands as a mute testimony to the destructiveness of war.

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