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
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.
A stone sign beside the Dahlgren declares that it is from USS Hartford. That is not a connection that I have yet found looking through records. (That does not mean it is incorrect. I do not yet have access to every relevant record.)
The adjacent museum has additional artifacts related to Admiral Farragut and USS Hartford. However, I passed through town before it opened for the day. There is also an 8-Inch shell gun at the memorial which will be the subject of a future post.
Statue of Admiral Farragut at the Memorial
