4-IN 40 CALIBER RIFLES MEMORIAL CANNONS
THESE TWO GUNS ARE ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS BREECH-LOADING RIFLES. GUN ON THE EAST SIDE, REGISTRY 21, MOUNTED ON USS PURITAN (MONITOR #1, BM-1 1896-1922) ONE OF THE LAST OF THE USN MONITORS. SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE ATTACK ON THE SPANISH FLEET AT SANTIAGO, CUBA IN JULY 1898.
GUN ON THE WEST SIDE, REGISTRY NO. 152, MOUNTED ON THE USS TOPEKA (1898-1930) LATER PG-35. SHE OPERATED OFF CUBA IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR.
GUN ON THE WEST SIDE, REGISTRY NO. 152, MOUNTED ON THE USS TOPEKA (1898-1930) LATER PG-35. SHE OPERATED OFF CUBA IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR.
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Listing Details
- Military Base
- SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
- Cannon War Memorials with Plaques
- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD-ISAAC HULL AVENUE SE
- 20374
- RICHARD E. MILLER
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