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Station and will be kept at the
Conservation Research Lab on Texas A&M's Riverside Campus. The cannon was placed in an electrolysis bath for up to two years to remove chlorides and preserve the metal, according to Donny Hamilton, head of the Texas A&M anthropology department. The cannon was moved to the Texas City Museum, where it will be housed for the foreseeable future. The Museum dedicated the USS Westfield Exhibit 2 March 2017.
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largest cannon, the 9-inch
Dahlgren, was recovered along with five cannonballs from a depth of 47 ft near the merge point of the Texas City Ship Channel and the Houston Ship Channel. The Dahlgren cannon is said to be the centerpiece of the recovered artifacts, which were brought to College
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Once the archaeology project completes, the US Army Corps of
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1190:
1177:
1164:
1152:
1139:
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1113:
1100:
1087:
1074:
1061:
1049:J. A. Cotton
1048:
1035:
1022:
1009:
1007:
996:
932:William Tell
931:
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918:St. Nicholas
917:
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620:Morro Castle
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305:Flag Officer
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209:in command.
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145:Steam engine
112:(835 t)
105:Displacement
74:January 1862
71:Commissioned
56:
18:
1914:1860s ships
1278:Anglo Saxon
1266:Ada Hancock
1178:Mississippi
1165:Rattlesnake
1088:Isaac Smith
883:Ocean Queen
736:Sweepstakes
729:N.B. Palmer
634:Ocean Queen
592:Gold Hunter
428:Westfield's
370:Henry Janes
331:Baton Rouge
312:New Orleans
269:Confederate
243:Mississippi
234:Westfield's
187:during the
1863:Categories
1799:Chesapeake
1631:USRC
1496:Bainbridge
984:Shipwrecks
925:West Point
683:Washington
550:Chesapeake
535:Steamships
471:References
460:Union Navy
418:Westfield.
410:Bayou City
265:St. Philip
141:Propulsion
1785:HMS
1772:USS
1759:HMS
1746:HMS
1733:HMS
1722:Pervenets
1708:HMS
1695:USS
1682:USS
1669:USS
1607:Beejapore
1571:Weehawken
1569:USS
1520:USS
1494:USS
1468:USS
1455:USS
1430:USS
1417:USS
1392:USS
1379:USS
1353:CSS
1328:USS
1315:USS
1302:USS
1289:USS
1252:USS
1241:Alligator
1239:USS
1204:Lancaster
1202:USS
1191:Georgiana
1189:CSS
1176:USS
1153:Indianola
1151:USS
1140:Indianola
1138:USS
1125:USS
1112:HMS
1099:USS
1086:USS
1073:USS
1060:USS
1034:USS
1021:USS
1010:Westfield
1008:USS
911:St. Denis
841:Baltimore
782:Westfield
676:St. Louis
613:Louisiana
347:Westfield
320:Westfield
316:Westfield
297:Westfield
284:CSS
280:Westfield
257:Westfield
249:Pensacola
218:Westfield
195:Westfield
180:Westfield
110:long tons
57:Westfield
1774:Camanche
1735:Warspite
1656:SS
1062:Columbia
1036:Columbia
1023:Hatteras
869:Mediator
802:Eusiyama
761:Kankakee
754:Brooklyn
662:Saratoga
585:Humboldt
578:Franklin
557:Columbia
438:See also
403:and the
379:flagship
286:Defiance
272:gunboats
164:Dahlgren
151:Armament
63:Acquired
1769:15 Nov:
1756:30 Oct:
1748:Malacca
1743:14 Oct:
1692:14 Jul:
1684:Choctaw
1679:28 May:
1671:Wyoming
1666:10 May:
1653:28 Feb:
1595:Montana
1591:30 Dec:
1583:Hooghly
1579:10 Dec:
1546:Blossom
1542:19 Oct:
1530:15 Oct:
1517:11 Oct:
1491:21 Aug:
1478:18 Aug:
1465:17 Aug:
1457:Paw Paw
1440:20 Jul:
1427:14 Jul:
1414:13 Jul:
1394:Sumpter
1389:24 Jun:
1381:Atlanta
1376:17 Jun:
1350:c. May:
1338:30 May:
1325:28 May:
1312:27 May:
1299:18 May:
1286:27 Apr:
1274:27 Apr:
1262:27 Apr:
1224:c. Mar:
1216:Absalom
1212:29 Mar:
1199:25 Mar:
1186:19 Mar:
1173:14 Mar:
1161:28 Feb:
1148:25 Feb:
1135:24 Feb:
1127:Kinsman
1122:23 Feb:
1114:Orpheus
1083:30 Jan:
1070:23 Jan:
1057:17 Jan:
1044:15 Jan:
1031:14 Jan:
1018:11 Jan:
997:Neptune
876:Mercury
708:Contest
655:Roanoke
641:Orizaba
627:Niagara
606:Hermann
405:gunboat
400:Neptune
395:tugboat
387:sandbar
364:Clifton
99:gunboat
28:History
1847:1864 →
1840:← 1862
1807:8 Dec:
1795:7 Dec:
1782:3 Dec:
1730:6 Aug:
1718:6 Aug:
1710:Racoon
1697:Antona
1628:1 Jan:
1566:6 Dec:
1558:Curlew
1554:5 Nov:
1522:Madgie
1483:Oconee
1470:Crocus
1452:6 Aug:
1432:Sciota
1402:6 Jul:
1363:5 Jun:
1291:Preble
1254:Keokuk
1249:8 Apr:
1236:2 Apr:
1109:7 Feb:
1096:7 Feb:
1005:1 Jan:
993:1 Jan:
890:Oneida
775:Ottawa
768:Otsego
722:Hornet
715:Eureka
669:Sonora
564:Cortes
480:
367:, and
358:Owasco
117:Length
1819:Unkn:
1603:Unkn:
1368:Stono
1101:Glide
904:Rhine
599:Havre
571:Eagle
543:Arago
339:Texas
133:Draft
96:Steam
1787:Ajax
1705:Jul:
1658:Aden
1641:Feb:
1507:CSS
1481:CSS
1366:CSS
1330:Lily
1047:CSS
816:Hope
493:here
263:and
246:and
178:USS
125:Beam
108:822
92:Type
79:Fate
55:USS
52:Name
1355:Ivy
408:CS
398:CS
228:'s
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361:,
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960:t
953:v
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515:t
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