US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle in Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania
US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle Number 278 is displayed in Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania. Many thanks to friend of the page James Murray for these photos!
US Navy 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle of USS Banshee in Wauseon, Ohio
US Navy 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle Number 323 is displayed on the Fulton County Courthouse lawn in Wauseon, Ohio. It was manufactured at the West Point Foundry in 1864 and originally weighed 3,492 pounds. US Navy Bureau of Ordnance Records indicate that it served aboard USS Banshee during the American Civil War and aboard the tugboat USS Fortune in the early 1870s. It was loaned to the city of Archbold, Ohio in 1899.
US Army 30-Pounder Parrott in New Castle, Pennsylvania
US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle Number 239 is displayed in New Castle, Pennsylvania. It was manufactured at the West Point Foundry in 1864 and weighed 4,130 pounds. It is displayed at a monument in the center of town. It is mounted inverted on its pedestal.
Many thanks to friend of the page James Murray for these photos!
US Navy 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle Number 240 of USS Hartford
US Navy 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle Number 240 was listed aboard USS Hartford in a June of 1864 report. Therefore, this Parrott which is displayed in Freeport, New York on Long Island is a veteran of the Battle of Mobile Bay. It was cast at West Point Foundry in 1863 and weighed 3,470 pounds.
Many thanks to my coworker who took a few minutes on her vacation to snap these photos!
US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Rifles in Scranton, Pennsylvania
Two US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Rifles flank the Lackawanna County Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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US Navy 30-Pounder Parrott Rifles in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
Two US Navy 30-Pounder Parrott Rifles, Numbers 350 and 385, flank a monument in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.
Many thanks to friend-of-the-page Lee James Thieman for sending these photos!
The two 30-Pounders are:
US Navy 30-Pounder Parrott Number 350 manufactured by West Point Foundry in 1864. Weight as manufactured is 3,470 pounds. Number 350 served aboard USS Yucca.
US Navy 30-Pounder Parrott Number 385 manufactured by West Point Foundry in 1864. Weight as manufactured is 3,460 pounds.
US Navy 30-Pounder of USS John Adams in Rockland, Massachusetts
US Navy Parrott Rifle Number 70 was manufactured at the West Point Foundry in 1862. As manufactured it weighs 3,490 pounds. It is displayed in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Rockland, Massachusetts.
Many thanks to friend of the page James Murray for taking and sharing these photos!
US Navy Records show that it served aboard the sloop USS John Adams and was donated to a Grand Army of the Republic Post in Rockland in 1900.
US Navy 30-Pounder Parrotts of Waterville, Maine
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Three US Navy 30-Pounder Parrott Rifles may be seen in Waterville, Maine in Veterans Memorial Park.
US Navy 30-Pounder Number 146 is recorded as serving on USS Tuscarora - though perhaps not until 1868 according to the Bureau of Ordnance Register of Naval Guns.
US Navy 30-Pounder Number 193 is recorded as serving on USS Ethan Allen.
US Navy 30-Pounder Number 366 is not known to have seen service afloat.
US Army 30-Pounder Parrott in Worcester, New York
US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle Number 381 is displayed beside a monument to the “Boys in Blue” at Maple Grove Cemetery in Worcester, New York. It was manufactured at West Point Foundry in 1865. It’s weight as manufactured was 4210 pounds. Many thanks to friend of the page James Murray for these photographs!
US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Rifles in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Two US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Rifles flank a flagpole in New Rosemont Cemetery in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. They are displayed upside down on their stone pedestals. Many thanks to friend-of the page James Murray for taking the photos of the Parrotts in Bloomsburg.
Markings on the muzzle are obscured by layers of old paint, but the two Parrotts are:
US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Number 210 manufactured at West Point Foundry in 1863. It’s weight as originally manufactured was 4,195 pounds.
US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Number 211 manufactured at West Point Foundry in 1863. It’s weight as originally manufactured was 4,210 pounds.
US Navy 30-Pounder Parrott Number 307
US Navy 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle Number 307 is displayed at Trophy Park at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. It was manufactured at West Point Foundry in 1864 and weighs 3,500 pounds. According to the research of Wayne Stark, Number 307 did not see any shipboard service in the US Navy, however it was loaned to the Treasury Department from 1864 to 1876. Given that a stereotypical armament for US Revenue Cutter Service cutters during this period was a single 30-Pounder Parrott and two to four boat howitzers, Number 307 may have seen service aboard a Revenue Cutter.
The Guns of USS Peterhoff at Fort Fisher
Four US Navy cannons recovered from the wreck of the Civil War ship USS Peterhoff are currently in storage awaiting future display at Fort Fisher State Historic Site. The four cannons include three types of 32-Pounder and a 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle.
US Navy 30-Pounder Parrott of USS Cairo
A US Navy 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle, Number 61, is mounted aboard USS Cairo to fire over the stern. The 30-Pounder (4.2-Inch) Rifle was manufactured by West Point Foundry in 1862. As manufactured it weighed 3,460 pounds.
US Navy 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle of USS Stettin
A US Navy 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle, Registry Number 119, is on displayed at the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus, Georgia. It was manufactured by the West Point Foundry in 1862, and its original weight was 3,544 pounds. It is displayed alongside four 9-Inch Dahlgrens. All five cannons show signs of being ex-bollards.
CS Army 30-Pounder “Parrott” Rifle at Fort Morgan
A 30-Pounder (4.2-Inch) Rifle manufactured by Tredegar (Richmond, Virginia) in 1862 is displayed at Fort Morgan. The rifle is resembles the US Army Parrott Rifle. The rifle’s breech was blown off at some point. The missing breech allows the bore to be seen from the breech - and it is roughly and inch off-center.
Like the US Army Parrott Rifle, this is a cast iron cannon with a wrought iron reinforcing band over the breach.
US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle in Lafayette, Indiana
A US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle, Number 180, is displayed in front of the Tippecanoe County Courthouse in Lafayette, Indiana. The Parrott is displayed on the southeast corner of the courthouse lawn mounted on an iron pedestal mounted on top of a stone base with the dates 1861-1865. An 8-Inch siege howitzer is displayed on the northwest corner of the courthouse. Both cannons were donated to the John A Logan, Post Number 3, of the Grand Army of the Republic on July 15th, 1897.
30-Pounder Parrott Number 180 was manufactured at the West Point Foundry in 1863. As manufactured it weighed 4,206 pounds - as seen on the muzzle.
US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle Number 29
US Army 30-Pounder (4.2-Inch) Parrott Rifle Number 29 was manufactured at West Point Foundry in 1861. It is displayed near the site of the Third Louisiana Redan at Vicksburg National Military Park.
30-Pounder Parrott Rifle at Petersburg
US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle Number 227 (manufactured in 1863 at the West Point Foundry, 4,155 Pounds as manufactured) is displayed at Petersburg National Battlefield.
The Cannons of Fort Macon
Fort Macon on Bogue Banks in North Carolina is a beautifully preserved and restored Third System fort which has been operated as a state park since 1924. Over the last decades the Friends of Fort Macon have raised money to rearm the fort and in so doing has made a very significant contribution to the historical interpretation of the fort. For those who are interested in American Seacoast Artillery, Fort Macon is a fascinating site to visit.
The Cannons of Freeport: The Trubia Rifle and Hartford’s Parrott
Two 19th Century muzzle-loading rifled cannon sit about a half-mile apart on Long Island in Freeport, New York. One is an 8-Inch Muzzle Loading Rifle made at Trubia, Spain in 1874 and captured in the Spanish American War. The other is a US Navy 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle which served aboard USS Hartford during the American Civil War.