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Photographer: Bill Coughlin
Taken: October 10, 2008
Caption: Dahlgren Gun
Additional Description: This gun was designed and built by Lt. John Dahlgren at the Naval Gun Factory, Washington, D.C. in 1850. A nine inch gun weighing approximately 9,000 lbs., it is capable of shooting a projectile of 150 lbs. They were used throughout the Civil War by the North and for some years later were the principal armament of American Naval Power. The Dahlgren Gun was principally used as a deck gun on Plymouth class Sloop-of-War vessels. This Dahlgren Gun is found in Oakland, NJ.
Submitted: March 16, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
Database Locator Identification Number: p147337
File Size: 1.088 Megabytes

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