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    Fort Drum, also known as El Fraile Island (Tagalog: Pulo ng El Fraile), is a heavily fortified island situated at the mouth of Manila Bay in the Philippines, due south of Corregidor Island. Nicknamed a "concrete battleship", the reinforced concrete sea fort, shaped like a battleship, was built by the United States in 1909 as one of the harbor defenses at the wider South Channel entrance to the Bay during the American colonial period.

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    About Fort Drum

    Fort Drum, aka El Fraile Island, is a heavily fortified island at Manila Bay's mouth. Nicknamed 'concrete battleship', it was built by the US in 1909.

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    Destroy ships, military history, concrete fortifications, Manila Bay defense, American colonial period architecture.

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    I was nicknamed 'concrete battleship' due to my unique battleship-like shape and reinforced concrete structure.