This is probably "Old News" to many, but the NPS had a cannon fail at Fort McHenry. It was a replica cannon with a lined bore, so it was not a "Catastrophic Failure" like that of the "Peacemaker" on the U.S.S. Princeton. Here is the story:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=762162
Hadn't heard about this incident. Thanks for posting.
Gil Davis Tercenio
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34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
Great, great grandson of Cpl Elijah S Davis, Co I, 6th Alabama Inf CSA
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That liner looks to be cut way too deep in the casting and the weld on the plug failed and may not have been done to the standard.
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When a pot needs stirring, someone needs to do it...
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They are pretty lucky not have more people injured
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