Shells Tested at Wateree Pond in S.C.

Yesterday, I mentioned that the anti-aircraft shells made at the Charlotte plant were tested at Wateree Pond in South Carolina.

The pond is located 58 miles south of Charlotte.  The range was 800 yards bu 1100 yards oriented north to south along Lake Wateree.  The Navy leased the site in 1943 for a proving range for 40 mm anti-aircraft shells.

Rounds were fired from fixed positions on the south side of the lake at a target on the north end.

--GreGen