The family of boat howitzers designed by John A. Dahlgren dates from the 1850’s and was the Navy’s primary man-portable amphibious support gun through the late1800’s. The howitzer in the video is a replica built by Steen Cannons and is owned by a member of the Tidewater Maritime Living History Association. Local Coast Guard commands provided the active-duty volunteers who received training on working the replica howitzer in order to then safely operate an original 12 lbs medium howitzer held by US Coast Guard Base Portsmouth.

Visit http://tmlha.orgfree.com/ for information about the Tidewater Maritime Living History Association

Visit https://historicforrest.com for more history.

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