BATTLESHIP MAINE MEMORIAL GUN
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Cannon War Memorials with Plaques
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
Photograph By: MIKE STROUD
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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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