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refer to record number 12927
| Designation: | 8in Naval Shell Gun |
| Model: | 8in Chambered Navy Cannon, 63 cwt, M1845 |
| Identification No: | Fort Pitt 348: US |
| Designed by: | US Navy Bureau of Ordnance (BUORD) |
| Built at: | Fort Pitt Foundry |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Year : | 1845 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Iron |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US National Park Service |
| Owner Reference No: | VICKC 2123 |
| Comments: | at USS Cairo |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Access: | Fee Indoor | |
| Location: | Vicksburg National Military Park | |
| 3201 Clay St | ||
| Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 32.343863-90.850837 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 231: C102, 5 |
| Artillery of Vicksburg NMP, pg 279-280 |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2020-06-06