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The Daily Dispatch: August 23, 1862., [Electronic resource], A Historical fact about Bombardments (search)
A Historical fact about Bombardments
--The Calibre of a Fleet.--The following named steamers, under the chief command of Flag Officer David G. Farragut, made the attack on Forts St. Philip and Jackson and the Confederate gunboats at 3 A. M., 24th April, 1862:
Hartford, Richmond, Pensacola, and Brooklyn each varying twenty-six 9-inch guns, two 30-pounder rifles two 12-pounder howitzers, in their tops, which were protected by a bulk head of boiler iron; Mississippi, nineteen 8-inch guns, two 12-pounder howitzers, in the tops; Varuna, eight 8-inch guns, four 32-pounders, (57 cwt.,) two 30-pounder rifles, one 12-pounder howitzer, Onoida and Iroquois, each two 11-inch pivots, six 32-pounders, one 30- pounder rifle, one 12-pounder howitzer.
The Pensacola and Brooklyn had each one 11-inch gun in addition to their other guns.
The Westfield, Mis and Katalin each six guns of which one was a 11-inch pivot, one 30-pounder rifle, four 32-pounders.
Harriet Lane, six guns, Kittannina,