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Rear Admiral John A. B. Dahlgren

Friday, April 28, 2023

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT

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Presenter

John V. Quarstein
Director emeritus of the USS Monitor Center

About the Lecture

John Dahlgren was a naval ordnance officer who invented a boat howitzer and the famous Dahlgren naval shell gun. Six IX-inch versions were employed aboard CSS Virginia, and two XI-inch guns were mounted on USS Monitor. Dahlgren also designed the XV-inch shell gun, which, when used in the turrets of subsequent monitors, could destroy Confederate ironclad casemates, a breakthrough in naval warfare.

Image credit: John A. B. Dahlgren, USN. The Mariners’ Museum and Park E468.7.M6 Rare

John V. Quarstein

Registration information:

Location: Explorers Theater
Seating is limited. Advance registration is required.

In person

Free for Museum Members.
Included in $1 admission

Virtual

This lecture is livestreamed
and free to watch online.

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image header: John A. B. Dahlgren, USN. The Mariners’ Museum and Park E468.7 .M6 Rare

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