Artillery in the USA: Massachusetts: Rockland, Roslindale, Salem, Sandwich, Scituate, Southboro, Springfield, Stockbridge, Stowe, Swansee, Tisbury, Townsend, Upton, Uxbridge, Wakefield, Wareham, Watertown, Webster, Wenham, Westford, Westminster, Worcester

Artillery preserved in the USA: Massachusetts: Rockland, Roslindale, Salem, Sandwich, Scituate, Southboro, Springfield, Stockbridge, Stowe, Swansee, Tisbury, Townsend, Upton, Uxbridge, Wakefield, Wareham, Watertown, Webster, Wenham, Westford, Westminster, West Newbury, West Springfield, West Stockbridge, Winchendon, and Worcester

Rockland

(Allen Tanner Photos)

3-inch (76-mm)/50 calibre deck gun Mk. 2, No. 1 of 2 on Church Street and West Water Street.

(Allen Tanner Photo)

3-inch (76-mm)/50 calibre deck gun Mk. 2, No. 1 of 2 on Church Street and West Water Street.

Roslindale

M60A3 Main Battle Tank (Serial No. 3804A), VFW Post 1018, 263 American Legion Hwy.

Salem

(Ryan Roams Photo)

Cast Iron 24-pounder smoothbore muzzle-loading Carronade, ca. early 1800s, mounted on a wood naval gun carriage, No. 1 of 2. Peabody Essex Museum.

Cast Iron 24-pounder smoothbore muzzle-loading Carronade, ca. early 1800s, No. 2 of 2. Peabody Essex Museum.

Cast Iron smoothbore muzzle-loading field artillery piece of late 18th early 19th century vintage, No. 1 of 2. Peabody Essex Museum.

Cast Iron smoothbore muzzle-loading field artillery piece of late 18th early 19th century vintage, No. 1 of 2. Peabody Essex Museum.

75-mm Pack Howitzer M1A4. 23rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Civil War Monument.

Bronze 6-pounder M1841 smoothbore muzzle-loading Gun, muzzle down embedded in the ground, No. 1 of 2 near the monument to the Civil War. Greenlawn Cemetery.

Bronze 6-pounder M1841 smoothbore muzzle-loading Gun, muzzle down embedded in the ground, No. 2 of 2 near the monument to the Civil War. Greenlawn Cemetery.

Bronze smoothbore muzzle-loading Gun, possibly Spanish, No. 1 of 2. Greenlawn Cemetery.

Bronze smoothbore muzzle-loading Gun, possibly Spanish, No. 2 of 2. Greenlawn Cemetery.

(Yelp Photo)

XI-inch Navy Dahlgren Gun, Harmony Grove Cemetery, No. 1 of 2.

(Yelp Photo)

XI-inch Navy Dahlgren Gun, Harmony Grove Cemetery, No. 2 of 2, given to the cemetery by the War Department in 1888.

The XI inch Dahlgren shell gun was manufactured for the U.S. Navy.  It was named for Rear Admiral John Dahlgren. The XI-inch shell guns served with the Union Navy, fighting in every major engagement of the Civil War. An XI-inch shell gun aboard the USS Kearsarge sank the CSS Alabama in the Battle of Cherbourg, France in June of 1864.  465 XI-inch Dahlgren guns were cast at Alger; Builders; Fort Pitt; Hinkley, Williams & Co.; Portland Locomotive Works; Seyfert, McManus & Co.; Trenton Iron Works; and West Point foundries between 1856 and 1864.  This is the only Dahlgren gun to have been designed both with and without a muzzle swell.  The gun was typically mounted on a pivot or in a turret on a monitor.  When mounted in a turret, the crew for an XI-inch Dahlgren was seven including powdermen.  The crew for the gun when mounted on a pivot was 24 men and a powderman. XI-inch Dahlgrens were carried on many US Navy ships.

M4A2 Sherman tank.

M60A3 Main Battle Tank (Serial No. 4112A), Brigadier General Albi F. Irzyk Park, Fort Ave.

Salem, Fort Lee

(Historic Salem Inc Photo)

Fort Lee pre-dates the Revolutionary War and was rebuilt during the Civil War to contain a four gun battery.  It is located at a high point next to Fort Avenue and Memorial Drive on Salem Neck, and is a relatively rare fortification from that period whose remains are relatively unaltered.  Although there is some documentary evidence that the Neck was fortified as early as the 17th century, the earthworks built in 1776 are the first clear evidence of the site's military use.   It is a star shaped earthworks, and was manned during the Spanish-American War of 1898.  The site, of which only overgrown earthworks survive, was repaired at the time of the War of 1812 and the American Civil War, but was not substantially modified in those times, or overbuilt with more modern fortifications.

The property was federalized in 1867, and transferred to the City of Salem in 1922.  The site was briefly rehabilitated at the time of the United States bicentennial in 1976, with trails and interpretive signs, but these were later removed, and the site has again become overgrown.  The fort site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Sandwich

3-inch Ordnance Rifle M1861. Serial No. 104. Heritage Plantation.

Scituate

(Peter McPherson Photo)

Cast Iron 24-pounder smoothbore muzzle-loading replica Gun, mounted on a wooden naval gun carriage. This gun came from the U.S.S. Constitution (made for the ship’s restoration of 1907). Scituate Federal Savings Bank.

(Scituate Historical Society Photo)

3-inch Ordnance Rifle M1861, cast in 1863, mounted on a wheeled wooden gun carriage, standing in front of the GAR Hall on Country Way.

3-inch gun M1898M1, No. 39 Driggs-Seabury, rapid fire breech-loading artillery gun with a 360-degree traverse.  This gun is located in front of American Legion Post 397.

Southboro

(Peter Phaneuf Photo)

(Daderot Photo)

(Claudette Millette Photo)

German First World War 15-cm schwere Feldhaubitze 13 (15-cm sFH 13), (Serial Nr. TBC), heavy field howitzer.  This gun came to Southboro as a war trophy in 1919 and was restored in 2002. Town Common.

Springfield

(Library of Congress Photo)

Federal  Battery No. 4, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, with 13-inch Seacoast Mortars, M1861, weight 17,196-lbs, during the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, 1862.

(nec1 Photos)

13-inch Seacoast Mortar, M1861, Reg. No. 1188, Fdy No. 1188, weight 17,124-lbs, located in St. Michael's Cemetery in Springfield, with a plaque attached honoring the brave men who fought in the Civil War.  The mortar was cast at the Fort Pitt Foundry (PA) in 1862.  There is an anchor insignia on the piece which suggests it was once used by the Union Navy.  Located in the Springfield-St. Michael’s Cemetery, it was placed there by the E. K. Wilcox Post 16 of the GAR.  A newspaper article from 4 Dec 1902 states that this mortar was in the cemetery at that time and had been brought from the Portsmouth, NH Navy Yard.

The 13-inch Seacoast Mortar, M1861, weight 17,124-lbs, was manufactured between 1860 and 1864.  They had a maximum range of 4,300 yards using a 20 lb powder charge firing a 200 lb projectile through a 56.5-inch tube.  The mortar weighs 17,250 pounds.  Since it was used by both the Army and the Navy, the 13" Union Seacoast Mortar was used in many different places during the Civil War.  At the rear of the mortar is a plaque which reads:  Honor the Brave.  This memorial is here placed by E. K. Wilcox Post 16,  Department of Mass. G.A.R, to mark the last resting place  of brave men who in 1861-5 offered their lives for the honor and integrity of the nation.  (Wikipedia)

M42A1 Duster, 1525 Roosevelt Ave.

Stockbridge

(Joe Mabel Photos)

(Dave Pelland Photo)

Cast Iron 6-pounder smoothbore muzzle-loading Gun in front of the Stockbridge Civil War Memorial, dedicated in 1866, on Main Street.

Stoughton

(Derrick G. Photo)

Bronze 12-pounder Napoleon Model 1857 smoothbore muzzle-loading Gun-Howitzer, (Federal Gun with muzzle swell used in the Civil War), No. 1 of 2 Guns in Faxon Veteran's Memorial Park, 83 Walnut Ave.

Bronze 12-pounder Napoleon Model 1857 smoothbore muzzle-loading Gun-Howitzer, (Federal Gun with muzzle swell used in the Civil War), No. 2 of 2 Guns in Faxon Veteran's Memorial Park, 83 Walnut Ave.

(Internet Photo)

Smoothbore muzzle-loading Gun mounted on top of the Civil War Monument at the Grand Army of the Republic lot in the Evergreen Cemetery.

(Internet Photo)
155-mm M114 Howitzer,  Faxon Veteran's Memorial Park.
M60A3 Main Battle Tank, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post

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M18 Hellcat.
M22 LocustM2A1 Half-track.
M3A1 Scout Car.
M4A3(75) Sherman Tank.
M5A1 Stuart Light Tank (Serial No. 5085), RN 3048197.
British Mk. IVA Tank.German Sd.Kfz 222 leichter panzerspähwagen.German Sd.Kfz 251/1 Ausf D, WH 1785098.German StuG III Ausf G (Serial No. 92475), RN Ps531-16.German G-13 Hetzer, RN M-78057PzKpfw V Panther Ausf A.
Swansea

(Jonathan Skaarup Photos)
Bronze 12-pounder Napoleon Model 1857 smoothbore muzzle-loading Gun-Howitzer, (Federal Gun with muzzle swell used in the Civil War),
dated 1864, possibly cast by the Revere Copper Co, No. unknown, weight ca 1,245 lbs, Town Common.

Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard

(Stacey Rupolo Photo)
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155-mm M114 Howitzer, American Legion Post 257 in Tisbury

Townsend

(Santee1821 Photos)

Two BuOrd 32-pounder (Serial No. 109) (foreground) and 108 (background), displayed outside the Townsend Memorial Hall in Townsend, Massachusetts.

(Santee1821 Photos)

32-Pounder of 4,500 Pounds (Serial No. 108) manufactured at Builders Foundry in 1865.  The weight as originally manufactured is 4,473 pounds.  Number 108 has the hammer attached.

(Santee1821 Photos)

32-Pounder of 4,500 Pounds (Serial No. 109) manufactured at Builders Foundry in 1865.  The weight as originally manufactured is 4,478 pounds. The two cannons are displayed alongside what appear to be 11-Inch shells.

This type of cannon was designed by the Bureau of Ordnance in 1864 due to a perceived need for lightweight 32-Pounders.  In the 1840s and 1850s, relatively light weight 32-Pounders of 27-Hundredweight, 33-Hundredweight, and 47-Hundredweight had been designed to equip the upper decks of US Navy ships.  During the Civil War, these lighter 32-Pounders had been used to equip the many merchant ships which had been taken into service and had not been designed for heavy cannon.  

The resulting 32-Pounder of 4,500 Pounds borrowed the general shape from Admiral Dahlgren’s 9-Inch, 10-Inch, and 11-Inch cannons.  However, the 32-Pounders, like the similar 8-Inch Shell guns of 6,500 Pounds, had a simplified ring cascabel.  Few if any of this type of cannon would have seen any service during the Civil War.  The four cannon in Stark Park were manufactured after the end of the war.

The type is well represented in monuments to soldiers and sailors in the Northeastern United States.  When Congress passed legislation in the 1890s allowing the government to give obsolete surplus ordnance to communities for use with monuments, the BuOrd 32-Pounder of 4,500 Pounds seems to have been a commonly supplied cannon. (Santee1821)

Upton

M59 APC, private owner.

Uxbridge

(nomadwillie Photo)

(Author Photos)

German First World War 10-cm Kanone 17 (K17), (Serial Nr. 278).  First World War Memorial, Town Common.

Wakefield

(Nelson Lawry Photo)

3-inch BL howitzer (landing gun), No. 1 of 2, on the Wakefield Common.

3-inch BL howitzer (landing gun), No. 2 of 2, on the Wakefield Common.

(Nelson Lawry Photo)

Maxim-Nordenfelt 1-pounder converted during the First World War to an antiaircraft gun, Mk. VI, a stopgap piece that preceded the 3-inch/23 cal AA and DP guns.  This 1-pounder is located on North Avenue.

Wareham

(Joel Abrod Photo)

(Scott Barrow Photos)

10-inch Rodman Gun, (Columbiad, 10-inch, smoothbore, seacoast, M1861), weight 15,204-lbs, 1864, 36. M.S. S.Mca.M. & Co. No. 1 of 2. Veterans Memorial, Main Street and Gibbs Avenue.

(Scott Barrow Photo)

10-inch Rodman Gun, (Columbiad, 10-inch, smoothbore, seacoast, M1861), weight 14,980-lbs, No. 342, S.C.L. FORT PITT PA. 1865. No. 2 of 2. Veterans Memorial, Main Street and Gibbs Avenue.

Watertown

(Daderot Photo)

Cast Iron 32-pounder Gun, 57 cwt smoothbore muzzle-loading Navy Gun (Serial No. 520--), made by Cyrus Alger and Co. in South Boston, MA, in 1849. The inspector was AAH, most probably Alexander Harwood, a naval officer.  No. 1 of 2.  

(Daderot Photos)

Cast Iron 32-pounder Gun, 57 cwt smoothbore muzzle-loading Navy Gun (Serial No. 52157), made by Cyrus Alger and Co. in South Boston, MA, in 1849.  No. 2 of 2.  These two guns are mounted on concrete stands and are located at Saltonstall Plaza.  There is no apparent record of ship service history on these two guns.

Webster

(Santee1821 Photo)

Dahlgren 12-Pounder Boat Howitzer Number 189 (with Number 152 in the background) displayed outside the City Hall of Webster, Massachusetts.

(nomadwillie Photos)

Dahlgren bronze 12-pounder smoothbore muzzle-loading Boat Howitzer, No. 1 of 2.  Located in front of the Town Hall. These two are smoothbore 12-Pounder Boat Howitzers (4.62-Inch Bore). A third one is a Rifled 12-Pounder Boat Howitzer (3.4-Inch Bore), inside the town hall.

SBML Number 152:  Inspected by John A Dahlgren.  Manufactured 1862 at the Washington Navy Yard.  Weight 751 pounds.  Preponderance 66 pounds.

SBML Number 189.  Inspected by William Nicholson Jeffers.  Manufactured in 1864 by the Washington Navy Yard.  Weight 758 pounds.  Preponderance 68 pounds.

(Santee1821 Photo)

RML Number 186.  Inspected by John A Dahlgren.  Manufactured in 1863 at the Washington Navy Yard.  Weight 879 pounds.  Preponderance 48 pounds.

(Santee1821 Photo)

These three Civil War-era howitzers with relatively short barrels originally flanked the Soldiers' Monument.  After the construction of the Town Hall, the howitzers were moved to their current position in front of the town hall.  The two outside are mounted on wheeled metal carriages and sit on concrete pads.  The Dahlgrens date from the 1860's and were placed on site between 1907-1913.  They were captured and recaptured by both the Union and Confederate Armies during the Civil War, and serve to commemorate the town's contributions to the Civil War.

Wenham

M4A2 Sherman tank, Wenham Museum Park.

Westford

(stanInChelmsford Photo)

Blomefield 18-pounder smoothbore muzzleloading Gun, weight unknown, (Serial No. 75347, CARRON, 1809) on left trunnion, (18P) on right trunnion, mounted on a concrete stand on the Town Common.  This gun is a trophy from Moro Castle, at the entrance of Santiago Harbor, Cuba, taken 17 July 1898.

Westminster

(Marine Biologist Photos)

3-inch M1905 Field Gun, located on the old Town Common.

West Newbury

(Allen Tanner Photo)

German First World War 7.92-mm MG 08 mounted on a Schliten stand.  Training Field Road.

West Springfield

British Ferret Scout Car, Army Surplus Store.  

West Stockbridge

 (Team Smokey Photos)

M1918 155mm howitzer on display at the intersection of Rt. 102 (State Line Road) and Rt. 41 (Albany Road).

Winchendon

(Allen Tanner Photos)

German First World War 7.7-cm Feldkanone 96 neuer Art (7.7-cm FK 96 n.A.), (Serial Nr. unknown).  In front of the War memorial.

(Allen Tanner Photos)

Spanish bronze rifled gun mounted on a wood carriage.  Dolphin carrying handles, royal cypher of King Charles IV of Spain.

Royal cypher of Charles IV (Carlos Antonio Pascual Francisco Javier Juan Nepomuceno José Januario Serafín Diego; 11 November 1748 – 20 January 1819) was King of  Spain from 14 December 1788, until his abdication on 19 March 1808.

Worcester

(Author Photos)

Bronze 12-pounder SBML Boat Howitzer, 1852, J.A.D. Worcester History Museum. Dahlgren guns were muzzle-loading naval gun designed by Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren USN (November 13, 1809 – July 12, 1870), mostly used in the period of the American Civil War.

In 1849, then-lieutenant Dahlgren began to design a family of smoothbore muzzle-loading boat howitzers that could be mounted in ships' launches and cutters as well as being mounted onto field carriages. The first boat howitzers to be designed were a light 12 lb (5.4 kg) "12-pounder", a heavy 12-pounder (originally designated a "medium"), and a 24 lb (10.9 kg) "24-pounder". Later a lighter 12-pounder (the "small") and a rifled 12-pounder heavy howitzer were introduced. All of the boat howitzers were very similar in design, cast in bronze, with a mounting lug or loop on the bottom of the barrel instead of trunnions, and an elevating screw running through the cascabel. Having the single mounting lug expedited moving the howitzer from the launch to field carriage and back. In naval service the boat howitzers had gun crews of 10 in the boat and 11 ashore. (Wikipedia)

(Author Photos)

11.5-foot-long 7-ton bronze rifled gun with dolphin carrying handles.  This Spanish-American War cannon was brought to Worcester in 1904 in commemoration of the local soldiers and sailors who served in the 1898 war. Daniel E. Dewey of the Grand Army of the Republic George H. Ward Post 10 was instrumental in acquiring the cannon taken in the Battle of Santiago, Cuba. He was assisted by U.S. Sen. George Frisbie Hoar of Worcester, whose statue can be seen next to City Hall. The cannon, forged in Seville, Spain, and used to defend a fort in Santiago, Cuba, was displayed for 70 years at the headquarters of the Army National Guard 181st Infantry Regiment at the corner of Salisbury and Grove streets. The old National Guard Armory, now home of Veterans Inc., has the design of a castle, with turrets and what appear to be gun ports. The cannon was moved to the Naval Reserve Center at 640 Plantation St. in the 1970s and remained there until the Navy left the center in 2008. When the Navy moved, the cannon moved with it.The National Guard left the armory at Salisbury and Grove streets in 2014 and took up residence in the Plantation Street property. With the move, efforts were made to locate the cannon, which was found in 2015 in Newport, Rhode Island. It was returned to Worcester and is now displayed by the National Guard at its armory on Plantation Street.

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