National Register of Surviving
Civil War Artillery

U.S. Navy Yard, Washington, DC

CIVIL WAR CANNON AT U.S. NAVY YARD, WASHINGTON, DC
(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
 
Ames N.P. Ames, J.T. Ames or Ames Mfg Co., in MA
Columbia Columbia Foundry, Georgetown DC
Fawcett Fawcett, Preston & Co., Liverpool, England
FPF Fort Pitt Foundry, Pittsburgh PA
Low Moor Low Moor Iron Co., England
Manchestr Manchester Ordnance & Rifle Co.
Mersey Mersey Iron Works, England
Tredegar Tredegar Foundry, Richmond VA
unknown foundry not marked or markings unreadable
USNYW U.S. Navy Yard, Washington DC
Vienna cannon made in Vienna, Austria
WPF and WPFA West Point Foundry [Association], 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
2.75-inch Whitworth breechloading rifle
Manchestr 46     61   6RH captured near Ft. Fisher
2.75-inch Whitworth muzzleloading rifle
Manchestr 115     63   6RH  
2.9-inch (10-pounder) Confederate navy Parrott rifle
Tredegar           3RH with underloop
2.9-inch Blakely rifles, Ripley Type 10
unknown             Quarters H
unknown             Quarters H
3.4-inch Wiard puddled wrought-iron rifled boat howitzers
unknown B     61 785 12LH w/underhammer
unknown C     61 783 12LH  
6-pounder bronze field gun, Model of 1838
Ames   JWR   40 688    
3.74-inch Austrian bronze field rifles
Vienna 31     43   6RH  
Vienna 815     43 706 6RH  
Vienna 142     52 732 6RH  
Vienna 242     54 715 6RH  
3.67-inch (20-pounder) Navy Parrott rifle
WPF 84     61 1695 5RH  
4.0-inch Blakely rifle, Ripley Type 7
Fawcett 136     62   6RH inverted "136" on muzzle
4.0-inch bronze Dahlgren rifle, light
USNYW 76 WNJ CH 65 1352 3RH "CH" in diamond
4.2-inch iron Sawyer rifle
Alger 13     56   6RH recaptured at Elizabeth City
12-pounder bronze Navy mountain howitzers, Model of 1835
Alger USN1 AAH   47 201    
Alger USN2 AAH   47 202    
12-pounder bronze Dahlgren boat howitzer, small
USNYW 19 WNJ AA 64 305   "AA" in diamond, U.S. Marine Corps Museum
12-pounder bronze Dahlgren boat howitzer, light
USNYW 168 FMR HO 71 425   "HO" on muzzle face, no diamond
4.62-inch banded iron rifle, model unknown
unknown           5RH no rimbases, 4.5" diam trunnions
5.0-inch Whitworth Navy rifle
unknown           6RH "WHITWORTH" is only marking
24-pounder bronze field howitzer, Model of 1841
Alger 11 BH 642 58     foundry no. stamped on left rimbase
6.25-inch Blakely rifle
Low Moor       56 10664 8RH rifled British 32-pdr of 32 cwt
FOUNDRY REG#INSP FDY#YR WEIGHT GRVS COMMENTS
32-pounder seacoast gun, Model of 1829, banded and rifled
Columbia 289 WJW   34 7540 7RH from Ft. DeRussy
32-pounder chambered Navy cannon, 27 hundredweight
WPFA 122 GAM   *46 27-3-10   knob off
32-pounder chambered Navy cannon, 33 hundredweight
FPF 16- ASM   46 33-2-0   "C" stamped over anchor (condemned)
Tredegar 200 GAM 359 46 33-3-15   "359" on muzzle face
FPF 262 JSC   47 33-1-20    
FPF 295 JSC   47 33-1-26    
32-pounder chambered Navy cannon, 57 hundredweight
Tredegar 733 CWS 642 52 58-l- 1 7RH "642" on muzzle, served on TEAZER
32-pounder Treadwell guns
unknown 1     44      
unknown 2     44      
6.4-inch singled banded Brooke rifles
Tredegar     1587 62 9110 7RH served on CSS ATLANTA
Tredegar     1610 62 9120 7RH served on CSS ATLANTA
6.4-inch double banded Brooke rifles
Tredegar   ADB 1711 63 10675 7RH served on CSS TENNESSEE
Tredegar 35 ADB 1714 63 10790 7RH served on CSS TENNESSEE
Tredegar 47 ADB 1841 63 10680 7RH marked "R.N.O.W.," on CSS TENNESSEE
42-pounder seacoast gun, Model of 1845
Bellona 24 BH 24 60 8590   captured in 1862 on Potomac River
7-inch singled banded Brooke rifles
Tredegar   ADB 1652 62 15162 7RH served on CSS ATLANTA
Tredegar 40 ADB 1740 63 15315 7RH served on CSS ATLANTA
7-inch double banded Brooke rifle
Selma S 10   S 10     7RH served on CSS TENNESSEE
7-inch Blakely navy rifle
Faw-Pres 37 JDB 80 61   9RH served on CSS FLORIDA
7.5-inch Blakely navy rifle
Low Moor       61 10759 12RH rfld & bndd British 42-pdr of 67 cwt
8-inch siege howitzers, Model of 1840, possibly Confederate
unknown             damaged
unknown             tiny "62," captured 25 Dec 1863
IX-inch Dahlgren shell gun
Alger 378 TAH 1344 62 9210   806# preponderance
10-inch double banded Brooke smoothbore gun
Tredegar 57 ADB 1923 64 21140   890# pre., "57" on left trunnion
12-inch Stockton navy smoothbore gun
Mersey       45 16800   "The Mersey Gun"
Total Civil War cannon at U.S. Navy Yard, Washington DC: 49
NOTE: There are also 17 Civil War cannon at Fort Leslie J. McNair and 27 others at various Washington DC locations

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