201. With a force of 74,000 civilian, military and contract support personnel, NAVSEA engineers, builds, buys and maintains the Navy's ships and submarines and their combat systems.
Official website of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), the largest of the U.S. Navy's five system commands. Rear Admiral Dahlgren, on board the USS Pawnee, beside a 50-pounder Dahlgren rifle (one of his bottle-shaped cast-iron cannons), c. 1864. Developed and designed by American Naval Officer John Dahlgren in the 1860s, he was inspired by an accidental explosion of a cannon he witnessed during The Mexican-American War. At their farthest range, The Boat Howitzer had an effective range of 1,270 yards. The heavy 12-pounder howitzers were most popular at their intended jobs, while the 24-pounder boat howitzer were found to serve excellently as primary and secondary armaments on river gunboats and similar small vessels. They were very effective. Copyright © 2013 - 2020 StrongholdNation.Developed and designed by American Naval Officer John Dahlgren in the 1860s, he was inspired by an accidental explosion of a cannon he witnessed during The Mexican-American War.
Dahlgren set about to develop a weapons system that would revolutionize how cannon were constructed.
Some featured ranges of 3,000 yards. They were used in river warfare during The Civil War. Poorly made and overcharged gun barrels were a problem in military service.
On par with the British Armstrong Gun, The Dalhgren was considered one of the finest Naval and Coastal defense weapons of the 19th Century.All rights, including images, downloads and articles are reserved. Poorly made and overcharged gun barrels were a problem in military service. The larger guns (60 to 110 pounders), were used for Coastal defense and siege pieces. The French navy in the 1890s used a 6.4" gun whose armor-piercing projectile (heavy steel case with small explosive charge) weighed about 115lb, so the solid 128lb shot is not unusual.
US Dahlgren Gun .
On 26 April 1927 just before noon, the 16-inch gun number 201 was unloaded at Dahlgren.
Cast in a smooth, rounded shape, the barrels resembled "soda bottles".
The resulting new gun was designated the 16-inch 56-Caliber Type Gun No. The camera audio apparently doesn't like the explosion as the actual sound compared to …
With Dahlgren's Naval pieces, they ranged from 24 to 32 pound varieties and were used for most Naval ships of The Line.
Proof firing commenced on 8 July 1927 and after seven rounds had been fired, the proof firing series was complete.
Dahlgren testing was able to replicate the event that occurred in Gun 2 of Turret 2 and determine the probability of occurrence. This shape was important due to how it pulled away the explosive gases from the initial charge.
This is the forward gun deck off my model of USS Keokuk (1862). These were specialized raft-like boats (that drew low draft).
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