Sims Dudley dynamite gun

[Grizzly Adams]

I have a thing for old cannons. Just back from Cuba, enough there to stumble over. Will post some more later, but I spotted this rare bird in a Havana museum. Veteran of the Spanish American war and one of a couple of survivors.

http://www.spanamwar.com/dynamite.htm

Grizz

 

[fingers284]

One of the few survivors, most blew up and failed when needed most. I don't think the Cubans even had to "capture them" as they were mostly abandoned by the Mericans.

 

[sail32]

USS Vesuvius (1888)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Vesuvius_(1888)

USS Vesuvius, the third ship of the United States Navy named for the Italian volcano, was a unique vessel in the Navy inventory which marked a departure from more conventional forms of main battery armament. She is considered a dynamite gun cruiser and was essentially an operational testbed for large dynamite guns.