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THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.

CATALOGUE OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY DEPART

MENT.

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE.

Capt. WILLIAM N. JEFFERS, Chief of Bureau.

SECTION I.-NAVAL ORDNANCE.

CLASS A.-HEAVY ORDNANCE.

1. Fac-simile of a Monitor" revolving turret, with two XV-inch guns inside, one on an Eads' steam carriage and the other on an Ericsson's carriage, complete.

2. XI-inch smooth-bored gun on wood pivot carriage.

3. XI-inch smooth-bored gun on Monitor iron carriage.

4. IX-inch smooth-bored broadside gun on iron carriage.

5. VIII-inch smooth-bored broadside gun on iron carriage.

6. 32-pdr. smooth-bored gun on iron carriage.

7. 100-pdr. rifled gun on Ericsson's iron carriage and slide.

8. 60-pdr. rifled gun on wooden Marsilly carriage, with directing bar.

9. 32-pdr. smooth-bored gun on skids (1827).

10. Rifled "Moody " gun on skids. 11. Rifled "Cochrane" breech-loading gun on skids.

12. 34-inch carronade (old).

13. Swivel gun, for mounting on ships' gunwales and in ships' tops, on skids.

`14. XI-inch shell gun converted into an

VIII-inch rifle, lined with wroughtiron tube and jacket. Twist uniform; one turn in 40 feet; 15 grooves and lands each 0.83772 inch wide. Grooves 0.075-inch deep.

14a. Treadwell's 32-pdr. steel gun mounted on its wooden carriage.

15. Grice's wooden gun carriage. 16. IX-inch carriage and slide (Ward's). 17. 12-pdr. boat carriage.

CLASS B.-HOWITZERS, GATLING GUNS,

ETC.

1. 20-pdr. rifled bronze gun on a wooden carriage.

2. 24-pdr. smooth-bored howitzer on a boat carriage.

3. 3-inch wedge-breech breech-loading rifled gun (1874).

4. 3-inch screw-breech breech-loading rifled gun.

5. Long Gatling gun.

6. 12-pdr. boat-howitzer (light).
7. 12-pdr. boat-howitzer (heavy).
8. 12-pdr. rifled howitzer (heavy).
9. "Nugent" gun.

10. De Brame's revolving gun, patented July 2, 1861.

11a and 11b. Small Spanish guns cast about 1490, brought to America and used by Cortez in the conquest of Mexico.

12. Billinghurst battery.

13. Floyd's rifled breech-loader. 14. Small iron carronade (old). 15. Small iron carronade (old). 16. Screw-breech breech-loading rifled steel howitzer.

17. Short Gatling gun.

18. Light 12-pdr. smooth-bored howitzer on boat carriage.

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SECTION I.-NAVAL ORDNANCE-Continued.

82. Sharp & Hankins breech-loading 126. Saber bayonet.

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83. Sharp & Hankins breech-loading 128. Cutlass (U. S. N.).

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97. U. S. rifle (Whitneyville, 1864). 98. Palmer's breech-loading carbine. 99. Prussian musket. 100. Vincennes rifle.

101. Spencer's breech-loading carbine. 102. Whitney rifle.

103. Rifle (unknown).

104. Walter's breech-loading rifle. 105. Sporting rifle.

106. Greene's breech-loading rifle (1857). 107. Joslyn's breech-loading carbine, 108. Perry's breech-loading carbine. 109. Joslyn's breech-loading rifle. 110. Joslyn's breech-loading rifle. 111. Vincennes rifle and saber-bayonet. 112. Perry's breech-loading carbine. 113. Remington's breech-loading carbine. 114. Remington's breech-loading carbine. 115. Remington's breech-loading carbine. 116. Springfield musket, altered, and bayonet.

117. Springfield musket, altered. 118. Remington's breech-loading rifle and bayonet.

119. Remington's navy rifles, with sword bayonet, cal. 0.50 inch (1868).

120. Remington's navy carbines, cal. 0.50 inch (1866).

121. Remington's carbines.

122. Remington's navy carbines. 123. Springfield shoulder pistol.

124. Roman sword.

125. Remington's carbine (old pattern).

129. Officer's cutlass (U. S. N.).

130. Remington's carbine (old pattern).

131. Saber-bayonet and scabbard.

132 Saber-bayonet and scabbard.
133. Revolver (Savage).
134. Saber bayonets.
135. Revolver (Joslyn).
136. Sword-bayonet.

137. Saber-bayonet and scabbard.
138. Revolver (Allen & Wheelock).
138a. Saber-bayonets.

139. Revolver (Starr).

140. Saber-bayonet and scabbard. 141. Saber-bayonet.

142. Remington's pistol, nickel-plated (1866).

143. Common bayonets.

144. Remington's breech-loading pistol. 145. Common bayonets.

146. Remington's pistol (1866).

147. Common bayonets.

148. Common bayonets.

149. Common bayonets.

150. Virginia muskets, flint lock (1817). 151. Remington's navy rifles, cal. 0.50 inch

(1874).

152. Virginia musket (1818).

153. U. S. flint-lock musket.

CLASS D.-HEAVY AND LIGHT PROJECTILES.

1. 200-pdr. Globe shell (Stafford). 2. 150-pdr. Dahlgren hollow shot. 3. 30-pdr. Dahlgren steel bolt shot 4. 50-pdr. Dahlgren steel bolt shot. 5. 50-pdr. steel shot (Holroyd). 6. 12-pdr. shot (Dahlgren). 7. 20-pdr. shot (Dahlgren). 8. 20-pdr. hollow shot (Dahlgren). 9. 50-pdr. hollow shot (Dahlgren). 10. 30-pdr. shot (Dahlgren). 11. 50-pdr. shot (Dahlgren). 12. XV-inch solid shot. 13. XV-inch shrapnel.

14. XV-inch shell (3 fuze-holes). 15. 50-pdr. shell (Dahlgren).

16. 12-pdr. shell (Dahlgren).

17. 12-pdr. grape (Dahlgren).

18. 200-pdr. sub-caliber shot (Stafford). 19. 150-pdr. sub-caliber shot (Stafford). 20. 200-pdr. sub-caliber shot (Emery).

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