Photo #: NH 54202
USS Enterprise (1877-1909)
Ship's XI-inch Dahlgren pivot gun "in action", probably
while she was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890.
Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City.
View looks aft from the forecastle, with the navigating bridge
in the background.
Note the gun's iron carriage, Sailor at left holding a shell
(weighing about 127 pounds) in preparation for loading, and men
wearing double row loop cartridge belts for "trap-door Springfield"
rifles.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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