The US Navy Cannons of Townsend Park in Oyster Bay, New York
Three American Civil War era United States Navy cannons sit surrounding a bandstand in Townsend Park in Oyster Bay, York. The three cannons are a rare 50-Pounder Dahlgren Rifle, a 5.3-Inch Parrott Rifle converted to a breechloader, and a 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle which saw service aboard USS R.R. Cuyler during the American Civil War. These photos were provided by another individual and are used with permission.
The Dahlgren Guns of the United States Naval Academy
Among the historic cannons preserved at the United States Naval Academy are a Dahlgren Rifle and a 12-Pounder Dahlgren Boat Howitzer. This post also looks at a Civil War era photo of heavy cannons at Annapolis.
The Dahlgrens of the Washington Navy Yard
Dahlgren’s shell gun and boat howitzer designs formed the core of US Naval armament during the American Civil War. It is fitting that three of his designs are displayed at the Washington Navy Yard: a 9-Inch Dahlgren Shell Gun, a 12-Pounder Boat Howitzer, and a 20-Pounder Bronze Rifle.
The Dahlgren Boat Howitzers of Webster, Massachusetts
Three US Navy Dahlgren Boat Howitzers are displayed at the Town Hall of Webster Massachusetts. One is a Rifled 12-Pounder Boat Howitzer. Two are smoothbore 12-Pounder Boat Howitzers.
12-Pounder Dahlgren Rifled Howitzer and 6-Pounder Model 1841 at Portsmouth, Virginia
Outside the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum in Portsmouth, Virginia are a Dahlgren Rifled 12-Pounder Boat Howitzer and a US Army 6-Pounder Field Gun, Model 1841.