US Navy 30-Pounder Parrott of USS Cairo
US Navy 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle Number 61 aboard 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.
USS Cairo is displayed at Vicksburg National Military Park.
The 30-Pounder may be seen along with a 32-Pounder Smoothbore
The breech of the 30-Pounder may be seen to the right of the paddle wheels.
The stern of USS Cairo at Vicksburg
