John A. Dahlgren
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John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren was a United States Navy officer who founded his service's Ordnance Department and launched significant advances in gunnery.
Dahlgren in uniform, c. 1862
Rear Admiral Dahlgren, on board the USS Pawnee, beside a 50-pounder Dahlgren rifle, one of his bottle-shaped cast-iron cannons, c. 1864
Dahlgren during the American Civil War
Dahlgren's tombstone in Laurel Hill Cemetery
The United States Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, named for Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren, is located in King George County, Virginia, near the largest fleet concentration area in the
John A. Dahlgren
…He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Section L50 to 54, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Naval station in Dahlgren, Virginia, Dahlgren Hall at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, several ships, Dahlgren, Illinois, and Dahlgren Township…
An electromagnetic railgun at terminal range located at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren