Photos sent to the Navy

[cannonmn]

I sent the Navy the links to slideshows on about half of their cannons. I chose those I had photos of from 1980. The new photos were taken earlier this month. They include many extreme close-up photos of the surface of the metal. The Navy can send links to these slideshows to anyone they want to have look at them. There are many Navy employees at the various Warfare Centers and Laboratories in the Navy system who are qualified to tell what's going on with the metal and recommend what should be done about it, if the authorities in the Washington Navy Yard would ask them.

Navy cat. no./ URL of slideshow/ Nationality/Caliber/Name
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61-84-O http://tinyurl.com/ndfws7 Spanish 12-pounder "EL TORO"



61-84-AG http://tinyurl.com/lwcqfc Spanish 4(?)-pounder "GENEROSO"



61-84-J http://tinyurl.com/loqynn Spanish 24-pounder "CAMILLO"



61-84-AM http://tinyurl.com/mhjmpd US Army 24-pounder field howitzer



61-84-BC http://tinyurl.com/mn8ydj Japanese 36-pounder



61-84-AH http://tinyurl.com/l9vomb Spanish 8-pounder "EL GALGO"



61-84-EK http://tinyurl.com/mm3lnr Spanish 4.75-inch rifle "ALEATOR"



61-84-AI http://tinyurl.com/l8rry2 Spanish 8-pounder "CAMBERNON"



61-84-AB http://tinyurl.com/modq7q unknown 4-pounder



61-84-EQ http://tinyurl.com/mvxnoz Spanish 12-pounder "EL TOSICO"



61-84-Q http://tinyurl.com/lq5hf2 French 12-pounder "LE VIGOUREUX"



61-84-L http://tinyurl.com/mlc8qt Spanish 24-pounder "CORZO"



The Navy's webpage with descriptions and photos of all 26 bronze guns in Leutze Park is here: http://www.history.navy.mil/cannons/cannons.html

[Muley Gil]

cannonmn,

I just sent an e-mail to Senator Webb of Virginia concerning the damage to these cannon. I included links to your posts on the Washington Navy Yard. As a former SecNav, and a recent proponent of Civil War battlefield preservation, he should be interested.

[cannonmn]

Thanks!

[cannonmn]

The Artilleryman has an article on the Washington Navy Yard cannons in the current issue. The editor interviewed me for the article, and also asked the Navy's media and public relations office for comment. The article says the Navy did not respond.

[cannonmn]

Web link to the article:

http://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpre ... l31no1.pdf

Some folks had been asking me for a link they could include when they emailed their elected reps.