Fremont Journal in Fremont, Ohio

Fort Pitt works orders for 80 mortars and 9000 shells

The Fort Pitt works in Pittsburgh received an immediate order for 80 thirteen inch mortars and 9,000 thirteen inch shells. Specifications describe huge weapons with forty three inch exterior diameter, fifty four inch length, and heavy metal construction. Each weighs about one and a half tons and will launch a 220 pound shell.