The Naval Cannons of Fort McClary, Maine
Three US Navy cannons are displayed at Fort McClary near Kittery, Maine: a 9-Inch Dahlgren Shell Gun, a Bureau of Ordnance 8-Inch Shell Gun of 6,500 Pounds, and a 32-Pounder of 57 Hundredweight. Fort McClary shows several stages of US Army seacoast fortifications and is beautifully situated overlooking Portsmouth Harbor.
8-Inch US Navy Bureau of Ordnance Shell gun of 6,500 pounds in Burlington, Vermont
A US Navy Bureau of Ordnance 8-Inch Shell Gun of 6,500 Pounds is displayed at Battery Park in Burlington, Vermont overlooking Lake Champlain.
8-Inch US Navy Bureau of Ordnance Shellgun of 6,500 pounds near Yorktown, Virginia
8-Inch US Navy Bureau of Ordnance Shellgun of 6,500 pounds is displayed near Yorktown, Virginia
John Dalhgren’s Heavy Smoothbores for the US Navy
An overview of John A. B. Dahlgren’s heavy smoothbore cannon designed and created for the US Navy.
USS Santee - A Frigate of the United States Navy
USS Santee - designed after the War of 1812, built slowly in the 1820s-1850s, seeing active service at the beginning of the American Civil War, and serving many years as a school ship for the United States Naval Academy, was a beautiful frigate whose history reflects the changing technology of naval ordnance. This website is named in her honor.