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Dahlgren boat howitzer mounted in frigate's launch. The field carriage can be seen in stern Dahlgren boat howitzer mounted on field carriage. During the Mexican–American War, the U.S. found itself lacking in light guns that could be fired from ships' boats and landed to be used as light artillery in support of landing parties (Ripley 1984, p. 87).
The U.S. Navy had equipped several ships with 8-inch Paixhans guns of 63 and 55 cwt. in 1845, and later a 10-inch shell gun of 86 cwt. In 1854, the six Merrimack-class steam frigates were equipped with 9-inch Dahlgren shell guns. By 1852, the Dahlgren gun had become the standard armament of the United States Navy. [1]
The 7-inch, 45 caliber gun will be restored by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. Front close up of Battery Randolph in Fort DeRussy in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. A 7 inch cannon at the Mexican Naval Museum.
Dahlgren was established in the spring of 1918 as a Naval Proving Ground. Its recorded first work, the firing of a 7-inch (178-millimetre)/45 caliber tractor-mounted gun, occurred on 16 October 1918, which is recognized as the official founding date.
The 18"/48 caliber Mark 1 – United States Naval Gun was the initial name and design for a large caliber naval gun in the early 1920s. After the Washington Naval Treaty prohibited the development of guns larger than 16 in (406 mm), the gun was relined and finished as a high velocity 16"/56 Mark 4 gun.
Dahlgren gun, type of smooth bore cannon designed by the Admiral and used by the U.S. Navy; Dahlgren Affair, failed mission to assassinate leaders of the Confederacy; Dahlgren system and dahlgrenogram, created by Swedish-Danish botanist Rolf M. T. Dahlgren (1932–1987) USS Dahlgren (TB-9), Torpedo Boat No. 9/TB-9/Coast Torpedo Boat No. 4
One of the Dahlgren guns of the American Civil War; Ordnance BL 12 pounder 7 cwt, British field gun, 1885–1892; Ordnance QF 12 pounder 8 cwt, British naval landing gun, late 19th century and early 20th century; Ordnance BL 12 pounder 6 cwt, British light field gun, 1894–1916; QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun, British "Long 12" of 1890s–1940s
A 24-pounder is a gun firing a shot of 24 pounds weight, a mass of 11 kg. Examples include: 24-pounder long gun, including various designs of artillery used during the Age of Sail; M1841 24-pounder howitzer, used by the United States Army from 1841 to 1865; A size of Dahlgren gun used during the American Civil War