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 100-Pounder Parrott Rifle of USS Galena in Newmanstown, Pennsylvania
US Navy 100-Pounder Parrott Rifle Number 10 is displayed in a cemetery in Newmanstown, Pennsylvania. It was manufactured by West Point Foundry in 1862 and weighs 9.866 pounds.
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Number 10 is recorded as being carried aboard the ironclad USS Galena during her first commission in 1862-1863.
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.
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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.
US Navy 20-Pounder Number 115 of USS Sumpter
A US Navy 20-Pounder, Registry Number 115, is displayed in Trophy Park at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. It was manufactured at West Point Foundry in 1862 and weighs 1,795 pounds. According to the research of Wayne Stark, Number 115 was carried aboard USS Sumpter which was accidentally sunk in a collision with the transport steamer General Meigs on June 24th, 1863.
USS Navy 100-Pounder Parrott Rifle of USS Franklin
US Navy 100-Pounder Parrott Rifle, Number 165, is displayed in Trophy Park at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Manufactured at West Point Foundry in 1863, Number 165 weighs 9,727 pounds. According to the research of Wayne Stark, Number 165 served aboard USS Franklin - likely from the time of her commissioning until at least 1872.
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.
The 60-Pounder Breech Loader of USS Kearsarge
A US Navy 60-Pounder Breech Loader which served aboard USS Kearsarge from about 1880 to 1886 is displayed at Trophy Park at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. This gun was originally manufactured as a muzzle loading 60-Pounder (5.3-Inch) Parrott Rifle, Registry Number 61, at West Point Foundry in 1865.
US Navy 100-Pounder Parrott Rifle of USS Otsego in Manhattan, Kansas
A US Navy 100-Pounder Parrott Rifle, Registry Number 224, is displayed in Sunset Cemetery in Manhattan, Kansas. During the American Civil War, it was carried aboard USS Otsego which was sunk by a torpedo in December of 1864.
US Navy 60-Pounder Parrott Rifle at Trophy Park
A US Navy 60-Pounder (5.3-Inch) Parrott Rifle is displayed alongside other Parrotts and Dahlgrens of the Civil War era at Trophy Park at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. This 60-Pounder is Number 56. It was manufactured at West Point Foundry in 1865. As manufactured it weighed 5,430 pounds.
The 100-Pounder Parrott Rifles of Fort Mill, South Carolina
Two US Army 100-Pounder (or 6.4-Inch) Parrott Rifles are displayed in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The two Parrotts were brought to the town around 1901. Since 1973 they have been fired every year as part of the Fourth of July celebrations.
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.
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 100-Pounder Parrott Rifle of Fort Morgan
A US Army 100-Pounder (6.4-Inch) Parrott Rifle, Number 90, is displayed near the entrance to Fort Morgan in Alabama. It was cast by West Point Foundry in 1863. As manufactured it weighed 9,827 pounds. It represents the cannons brought to the fort by the US Army in the 1870s.