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Civil War Artillery

Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA

SURVIVING CANNON AT NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD, PORTSMOUTH, VA
(Copyright 1998 Wayne Stark)

Abbreviations and Symbols
* Datum following inferred from contemporary documents
 
REG#Army or Navy Registry Number
INSPInitials of inspecting ordnance officer or other inspector
FDY#Foundry number (founder's own internal control number)
GRVSNumber of rifling grooves, Right or Left hand twist
YRYear cannon was completed and/or inspected
 
Alger Cyrus Alger & Co., Boston MA
Ames N.P. Ames, Springfield MA
Builders Builders Foundry, Providence RI
FPF Fort Pitt Foundry, Pittsburgh PA
Tredegar Tredegar Foundry or Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond VA
unknown foundry is either unmarked or unreadable
USNYW U.S. Navy Yard, Washington
WPF West Point Foundry, Cold Spring NY

Listings are in bore size order. Within a given bore size, the sequence is guns, howitzers, and rifles. With each of these, the order is field, then siege.

FOUNDRY REG#INSP FDY#YR WEIGHT GRVS COMMENTS
3.4-inch bronze Dahlgren boat rifles
USNYW 314 WNJ V 63 875 12RH 4th St. Gate, "V" in diamond
USNYW 403 WNJ YW 65 888 3RH 4th St. gate, "YW" in diamond
3.4-inch steel Dahlgren boat rifle
USNYW *298     63 791 12RH Trophy Park
3.67-inch Navy Parrott rifle
WPF 115   957 62 1795 5RH Trophy Park, recovered from USS Sumter
4.2-inch Navy Parrott rifle
WPF 307 RBH 539 64 3500 5RH Trophy Park, assigned to Treasury Dept.
12-pounder bronze Dahlgren boat howitzer, light
USNYW 130 FMR GA 70 432   Trophy Park, "GA" on muzzle
12-pounder bronze Dahlgren boat howitzer, heavy
USNYW 36 JAD C- 54 754   Trophy Park, no Civil War service
5.3-inch Navy Parrott rifles
WPF 56 RBH 453 65 5430 7RH Trophy Park, no Civil War service
WPF 61 RBH   65 5400 7RH Trophy Park, altered to breechloader
32-pounder chambered Navy cannon of 33 cwt
unknown             Trophy Park, reassembled fragments
32-pounder Navy guns of 57 cwt
FPF 125 *JSC   *47 58-0-04   Trophy Park, recovered from USS Congress
Tredegar 384 JSC 512 48 57-2-18   Trophy Park, served on USS St. Lawrence
6.4inch Navy Parrott rifles
WPF 75   639 62 9850 9RH served on USS Florida, now breechloader
WPF 165 RBH 50 63 9727 9RH Trophy Park, no Civil War service
IX-inch Dahlgren shell guns
Alger 242 WRT 1132 59 9045   Trophy Park, served on USS Richmond
FPF 1178 JMB 2447 64 *9240   Trophy Park, recovered from USS Huron
XI-inch Dahlgren shell gun converted to 8-inch rifle
Builders 181 *TAH *76 64 15740 15RH added marks: No.11, P/FJH, 1876, 17330 lbs
Total cannon at Norfolk Naval Shipyard: 17
 
The following Civil War cannon are on display at Admirals Landing in Portsmouth:
3.4-inch bronze Dahlgren boat rifle
USNYW 249 JAD RV63 876 12RH "RV" in diamond on lower muzzle face
6-pounder bronze field gun, Model of 1841
Ames 352 JWR   47 884   
IX-inch Dahlgren shell gun
Alger 887 TAH 1675 64 9320   no Civil War service

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    • Last updated 11/23/98 - CTB