BATTLESHIP MAINE MEMORIAL GUN
THIS MARK III SIX POUND GUN NO. 27 WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1894 AND WEIGHED 608 POUNDS. THE U.S.S. MAINE CARRIED SEVEN OF THESE "RAPID FIRE" WEAPONS. THIS GUN CAME OFF THE BATTLESHIP MAINE. THE SINKING OF THE MAINE RESULTED IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR 1898.
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Listing Details
- Public
- SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
- Cannon War Memorials with Plaques
- STATE HOUSE GROUNDS-GERVAIS STREET
- 29201
- MIKE STROUD
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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