US Navy 9-Inch Dahlgren Number 451 of USS Wabash and USS Worcester
US Navy 9-Inch Dahlgren Number 451 is seen at the National Civil War Naval Museum. Number 451 was manufactured by West Point Foundry in 1862. In July of 1862 USS Wabash exchanged her spar deck battery of fourteen 8-Inch shell guns of 63cwt for a like number of 9-Inch Dahlgrens (Numbers 444 to 453 and 602-605). This brought her total battery to a total of forty-two 9-Inch Dahglrens and two 10-Inch Dahglrens (one of which would later be replaced by a 150-Pounder Parrott). Following the war, Number 451 was removed from Wabash. In December of 1871 it was mounted on USS Worcester upon which it served until 1877 when it was removed at Norfolk following Worcester's decommissioning.
US Navy 9-Inch Dahlgren Number 34 of USS Wabash
US Navy 9-Inch Dahlgren Number 34 is one of five 9-Inch Dahlgrens displayed at the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus, Georgia. It was cast at Tredegar Foundry in Richmond, Virginia in 1855. Records indicate that it served aboard USS Wabash.
9-Inch Dahlgren Number 45 of USS Wabash at the National Civil War Naval Museum
US Navy 9-Inch Dahlgren Number 45 was cast at Tredegar Foundry in 1855. Among the earliest surviving Dahlgrens, it has two closely placed hammer mounting blocks which are oriented to a single vent. The research of Olmstead, Stark, and Tucker show that it was carried aboard the steam frigate USS Wabash.
The 9-Inch Dahlgren and 8-Inch Rodman at Fort Sill
The US Army Artillery Museum at Fort Sill offers the unique opportunity to directly compare an 8-Inch Rodman to an 9-Inch Dahlgren. In presenting these two cannon side by side, the visitor to the museum is able to see the approach of both the US Navy and the US Army to produce shell guns capable of also firing solid shot. The Photos in this post were taken by Flickr User “rcaustintx” in 2019. They are used with his permission. Many, many thanks!
The Naval Cannons of Exeter, New Hampshire
Four US Navy Cannons are displayed in Exeter, New Hampshire: an 11-Inch Dahlgren, a 32-Pounder of 57 Hundredweight, and two 32-Pounders of 4,500 Pounds