Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Adios Vizcaya: 1900


A Shorpy photo showing the tampion of the USS Texas's 12-inch cannon which was made from the metal of the Spanish cruiser Viscaya, sunk during the Spanish-American War.

One of the comments to the site said that a 5.6-inch gun is at Fort Wayne, Indiana, (I'm writing about the siege of that fort in my War of 1812 blog) and several others are at West Point (USMA) and Annapolis (USNA).

Another is at the Columbia, Tennessee, Building.

War Relics and Momentos.  --Cooter

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