USS Michigan (1843)
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USS Michigan was the United States Navy's first iron-hulled warship and served during the American Civil War. She was renamed USS Wolverine in 1905.
USS Michigan, seen here after her name was changed to USS Wolverine in 1905.
USS Wolverine in a Great Lakes port in the early 1900s
USS Wolverine (IX-31)
Sam Tanenbaum in December 2013 at age 93 sitting next to the prow of the USS Wolverine which he donated to the city of Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1949
Parrott rifle
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The Parrott rifle was a type of muzzle-loading rifled artillery weapon used extensively in the American Civil War.
USS Michigan (1843)
…Michigan was the first iron-hulled ship in the US Navy. During the American Civil War, Michigan was armed with a 30-pounder Parrott rifle, five 20-pounder Parrott rifles, six 24-pounder smoothbores, and two 12-pounder boat howitzers. The Confederate States of America considered launching…
A 200-pounder Parrott rifle on Morris Island, South Carolina, 1865
The Swamp Angel
A replica 10-pound Army Parrott rifle.
Parrott gun No. 107 (USS Kanawha), a 3.67-in (20-lb) Naval Parrott.