Cannons in a row at Vicksburg

Top 10 (or so) most wanted photo sets:

Below is a list of cannons that I don’t think I’m likely to be able to visit in the near future. If you have photos of them (or live close by and can take photos), I’d be delighted to share them on this site.

Note: I know that photos of some of these sites can be found on the web, but I need photos that I know that I can use for this site.

Top 10 World Traveler

  1. The 15-Inch Dahlgrens preserved as a monument to John Ericsson in Filipstad, Sweden https://maps.app.goo.gl/YxxVKGQ9hTQvCec77

  2. The 15-Inch Dahlgren at the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defense (Looks like a great museum!) https://hk.waranddefence.museum/en/web/mcd/home.html

  3. The 32-Pounder Dahlgren Shell Gun of 3,300 Pounds (Presumed) at Taipa Fort in Macau https://maps.app.goo.gl/3hE9sNrkM6PzgGP58

  4. The Ironclad Huáscar in Talcahuano, Chile. https://maps.app.goo.gl/rpq8BhHcjmQC3fhZ8

  5. The Parrott Rifles of USS Wateree in Pisagua, Chile https://maps.app.goo.gl/5yVHZVjR7TitUtbA7

  6. Guns of USS Adirondack at Man-O-War Cay in the Bahamas (Scuba Dive Site) https://intoanewhorizon.blogspot.com/2011/01/wreck-of-uss-adirondack.html

  7. The 10-Inch / 30 Caliber Guns of USS Maine in Havana, Cuba. https://maps.app.goo.gl/2o1hAuVi49rMfwwS8

  8. 11-Inch Dahlgren Number 311 at Museo Tecnico Navale della Spezia (Italy) https://maps.app.goo.gl/wzdAR1hMvqnhmqS86

  9. The 7-Inch Blakely Rifle of CSS Alabama at the La Cité de la Mer (Maritime Museum in Cherbourg, France). I actually have a few photos of the Blakely on my site that a Facebook user let me post, but photos from a few more angles would be great. https://www.citedelamer.com/en/

  10. Assorted Parrott Rifles in Chile: Most are reported to be on military bases and/or museums including at Playa Ancha, Valparaiso, Chucumata, Antofagasta, Vina del Mar, and Iquique

Top 10 on US Government or Military Facilities

Please follow all rules and regulations regarding photography at the sites below. Anywhere where security may be a concern, please aim your camera so that only the historic artillery and the ground below it are in view.

  1. The 11-inch Dahlgrens of USS Kearsarge currently stored by Naval History and Heritage Command in Richmond, VA

  2. The 11-Inch Dahlgren displayed by the flagpole at the Arizona National Guard Headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. https://maps.app.goo.gl/m9LoHQCKbK3QNT2E7

  3. The 11-Inch Dahlgren (and 9-Inch Dahlgrens) at Naval Station Great Lakes. One of the Dahlgrens is just outside of the main gate. I do not know where the others are.

  4. The 9-Inch Dahlgrens and 6.4-Inch Brookes from CSS Georgia which were conserved at Texas A&M and which may now be with Naval History and Heritage Command

  5. The 6”/30 of USS Maine with NHHC at Richmond.

  6. The US Navy 24-Pounder Boat Howitzers on the grounds of the Old Soldiers Home, Washington, DC.

  7. The 15-Inch Rodman and two 8-Inch Confederate Columbiads at Thomas Rodman’s grave at the National Cemetery at Rock Island Arsenal. (Oh, and anything else at Rock Island Arsenal would be great!) https://maps.app.goo.gl/ihEKdRYbkcg3NdYA9

  8. The Leeds and Company Confederate Napoleons which used to be at Fort Gordon (and now may be in government storage in Alabama). There also may be one at Carlisle Barracks.

  9. The US Navy 24-Pounder Boat Howitzers at the Naval War College Museum in Newport, Rhode Island

  10. The 4-Inch Bronze Dahlgren Rifles (three or four of them) at USCG Station Curtis Bay near Baltimore, Maryland.

Top 10 Around the United States

  1. The 100-Pounder Parrott Rifle of USS Hartford in a cemetery in Grinnell, Iowa. (I believe it to be in the cemetery on the southwest side of town. However, I do not know where in the cemetery it is.)

  2. US Navy 8-Inch of 55cwt of USS Underwriter in Poughkeepsie, New York https://maps.app.goo.gl/HQNwb4wpg5TP2bm1A

  3. The 12-Pounder Boat Howitzer of USS North Carolina in Ashbury Park, New Jersey (There are two boat howitzers here) https://maps.app.goo.gl/JxGhvWcLh7X4iaXXA

  4. US Navy 8-Inch Gun of 106cwt of USS Saranac in Waukesha, Wisconsin (There are two guns in the park. This one is on the northwest corner.) https://maps.app.goo.gl/NQrtovvbgAWrBHNP6

  5. The 100-Pounder Parrott Rifle of USS Octorara in Decatur, Michigan (I visited in August 2026. The park it is in is closed for construction.) https://maps.app.goo.gl/2UiuyLfZ4tp72uGR7

  6. US Navy 32-Pounders of 32cwt in Jacksonville, Florida. (At the time of my visit in 2025, the park they were in was completely fenced off.) https://maps.app.goo.gl/ug3fYiKBc1Vk9NSR9

  7. The 100-Pounder Parrott Rifle of USS Commodore McDonough in South Waterboro, Maine. (I know it is in a cemetery, but I do not know where.)

  8. The US Army 8-Inch Columbiad, Pattern 1857, in front of the Courthouse in Beatrice, Nebraska https://maps.app.goo.gl/hTJ86uFViMGv61hTA

  9. The US Navy 4-Inch BL Bronze Rifle in a Park in downtown Garden City, Kansas. https://maps.app.goo.gl/iVx7uEjxJRWRoCVH6

  10. The 9-Inch Dahlgren recovered from USS Westfield at the Texas City Museum https://www.texascitytx.gov/476/Museum

Although the above are my “Top 10 Most Wanted” historic artifacts, I am very glad to receive photos of any Naval or Seacoast artillery or related artifacts and sites from the 1800s. Many thanks to all who have sent photos. Please note, I typically do not post photos with recognizable people in them.

Some tips on photographing artillery may be found here: https://www.santee1821.net/preserved-artillery/photographing-american-civil-war-era-cannons