User talk:DDima/Sandbox/Hilton Head Island Steam Cannon

Mounted at Quantity Caliber Installed Removed Location Refs.
Fort Winfield Scott 3x 15-inch 1895 1904 California San Francisco, California [1]
Fort Hancock 2x, 1x 15-inch, 8-inch New Jersey Sandy Hook, New Jersey [1][2][3]
Fort H. G. Wright 1x 15-inch New York (state) Fishers Island, New York [2]
Hilton Head Military Reservation 1x 15-inch 1897 1902 South Carolina Hilton Head Island, South Carolina [4]

Three 15 inch caliber dynamite guns were mounted on board the USS Vesuvius in 1888, only to be removed by 1904. The USS Buffalo also had one 15 inch gun installed.[5][6][7] In addition to the original 8-inch prototype, the "Zalinski boat" was fitted with an 8-inch gun,[8] and USS Holland (SS-1), the first commissioned US submarine[9] was fitted two 8.4-inch (210 mm) Zalinski dynamite guns.

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  5. ^ "Nictheroy Has Been Purchased". The Dalles Chronicle. No. Vol. VIII. April 16, 1898. Retrieved January 26, 2020. {{cite news}}: |issue= has extra text (help)
  6. ^ "Nictheroy To Sail To-Morrow". The New York Times. November 17, 1893. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  7. ^ "Nictheroy Has Sailed". The New York Times. November 22, 1893. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
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  9. ^ Friedman, Norman (1995). US Submarines through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 25. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.

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