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.
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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 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 8-Inch Rodman in Bath, Maine
Displayed beside a monument outside the Sagadahoc County Superior Courthouse in Bath, Maine is an 8-inch Rodman (Model 1861 Columbiad) cast in 1865 by Seyfert, McManus, and Co. in Reading, Pennsylvania for the United States Army. Many thanks to Friend of the Page James Murray for taking and sharing these photos!
The 100-Pounder Parrott Rifle of USS Dawn at York, Maine
A US Navy 100-Pounder Parrott Rifle, US Navy Registry Number 206, is displayed in front of the Old Gaol in York, Maine. Number 206 was cast at West Point Foundry in 1863. It’s weight as manufactured is 9,672 pounds. According to the research of Olmstead, Stark, and Tucker, Number 206 served aboard USS Dawn during the American Civil War.
The 8-Inch Rifles at the University of Maine
Two US Navy 8-Inch (180-Pounder) Muzzle Loading Rifles have been displayed at the University of Maine in Orono since Llewellyn N. Edwards, Class of 1898, facilitated their donation by the Navy in 1932. The cannons, originally cast as 11-Inch Dahlgrens, would serve aboard US Navy ships including USS Pensacola, USS Juniata, and USS Galena in the 1870s and 1880s.
The Naval Cannons of Fort McClary, Maine
Three US Navy cannons are displayed at Fort McClary near Kittery, Maine: a 9-Inch Dahlgren Shell Gun, a Bureau of Ordnance 8-Inch Shell Gun of 6,500 Pounds, and a 32-Pounder of 57 Hundredweight. Fort McClary shows several stages of US Army seacoast fortifications and is beautifully situated overlooking Portsmouth Harbor.
Three 20-Pounder Parrott Rifles in South Berwick, Maine
Three US Navy 20-Pounder Parrott Rifles are displayed around a monument in South Berwick, Maine.