Bronze cannons on the Washington Navy Yard

[guncobbler]

http://www.history.navy.mil/cannons/cannons.html is a great link to a virtual tour of 26 guns with the oldest being made in 1686. Some of these cannons were taken by Steven Decatur in the fight with the Barbary Pirates. We have an equal number of black iron guns too but there is no virtual tour for them. They are written up in a book called: "The Iron Guns of Willard Park" published by the Naval Historical Center. Unfortunately it is out of print. I'll try to take some pictures and post them. The guns go up to 12 inch bore. The only guns larger than this are the breech loading battleship guns on display. If you get to DC for any reason a tour of the Navy Yard museum is a great place to look at guns. GC

 

[greenneck]

This is cool stuff! Not far from where I live, too.

Thanks!

 

[LSU TIGER]

We have two cannon here that fired on Sumpter. Rifled, brass barreled things. :grey: :grey: :grey:

 

[musketman]

Cool link, I added it to the cannon section under the subtitle: Cannon Related Reading

 

[guncobbler]

http://www.history.navy.mil/nhc8.htm is the link if you want to visit the yard. Call 202-433-8421 to make arrangements before attempting to visit. The Navy Museum has all types of exhibits relating to ships and historical events. GC