US Navy 9-Inch Dahlgren Number 933 of USS Nipsic
US Navy 9-Inch Dahlgren Number 933 is part of a memorial to Admiral David Farragut in Farragut, Tennessee. As manufactured in 1864 it weighed 9,170 pounds. US Navy Bureau of Ordnance Records show that it was carried aboard the second USS Nipsic from her commissioning in 1879 until at least 1890. This may mean that Number 933 is the only US Navy heavy gun to survive from the squadron that was wrecked at Samoa in March of 1889.
US Army 24-Pounder Siege Guns at Shiloh
Two US Army 24-Pounders, Pattern 1819, are among the many artillery pieces which may be seen at Shiloh National Military Park.
US Navy 24-Pounder Dahlgren Boat Howitzer at Shiloh
US Navy 24-Pounder Dahlgren Boat Howitzer Number 656 is displayed at Shiloh National Military Park. (Many thanks to James Murray for sharing these photos with us!) It was cast in 1864 by Ames. As manufactured it weighed 1305 pounds. This boat howitzer has a portion of its hammer still in place - and a something (a projectile?) lodged in the tube.