Six Inch Naval Gun from MAINE, sunk in 1898

Three very different objects are shown and described. One is a huge bronze bell cast in 1897, which belonged to the US Lighthouse Service. Another is the historic six-inch gun from the US battleship MAINE, sunk in Havana harbor in 1898, triggering the Spanish-American War. The third is a large titanium sphere made for the submersible ALVIN. The sphere weighs nearly four tons. Visit our webstore: http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/main.sc We are Springfield Arsenal LLC.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• navy
• museum
• cannon
• artillery
• ordnance
• explosive
• bomb
• grenade
• shell
• canister
• projectile
• carcass
• ship
• fleet
• yard
• washington
• barry
• destroyer
• cruiser
• battleship
• torpedo
• gunnery
• gun
• dahlgren
• history
• heritage
• leutze
• willard
• pirate
• war
• battle
• combat
• submarine
• holland
• ocean
• seagoing
• nautical
• piracy
• seaport
• atlantic
• pacific
• model
• lincoln
• factory
• propellor
• japanese
• midway
• wwii
• mitscher
• halsey
• mortar
• howitzer
• depth
• charge
• anchor
• bell
• alvin
• maine
• uslss
• uslhs
• navy-museum
• usn
• museum of the u.s. navy

[kfinnguy]

Interesting artifacts. Where is this museum?

[cannonmn]

The Museum of the United States Navy is in the historic Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC, not too far from the US Capitol buliding.

[jmantime]

is there any other historic sites in that area

[cannonmn]

Yes, many-Ford's Theater, Fort Washington MD, Annapolis MD (Naval Academy etc.), Fort Ward, VA., , really too many to list here. Come visit.

[nocrap62]

Great video.........I did'nt now any part of the Maine was saved.  Thanks and I hope you post more videos, really enjoyed this.

[bobby1829387]

He meant standard tons, not metric, a standard ton is2000 lbs not 3000 :P

[LOLimajeepithink]

actually 4119 lbs is not 2.5 metric tons, if that is what you meant i mean, its about 1.9 tons. Not that it is important

[taofledermaus]

Cannonmn INVENTED cool!

[turrtle4]

Lol old people can be cool to :)