The 6.4-Inch Brooke of CSS Albemarle at Norfolk
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The 6.4-Inch Brooke of CSS Albemarle at Norfolk

A 6.4-Inch Brooke Rifle carried aboard CSS Albemarle is displayed at Naval Station Norfolk flanking a flagpole with another 6.4-Inch Brooke which was carried aboard CSS Tennessee. This Brooke likely was carried by CSS Albemarle during the Battle of Plymouth and Battle of Albemarle Sound in 1864.

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US Navy 100-Pounder Parrott Rifles of Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania
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US Navy 100-Pounder Parrott Rifles of Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania

Two US Navy 100-Pounder (6.4-Inch) Parrott Rifles are displayed at Veterans Memorial Park in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania. The two cannons are displayed on iron display stands. One or perhaps both of these Parrotts may have been used in action by the US Navy against the ironclad ram CSS Albemarle during the Battle of Albemarle Sound on May 5th, 1864.

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