Photo #: NH 76389
Brooke Single-Banded Rifled Gun
Colored plan of a gun and mounting intended for the Confederate
ironclad Texas, which was launched in January 1865 at
Richmond, Virginia, but not completed. Inscribed in the lower
left of the drawing is: "Arranged and executed under the
direction of George T. Grey (?) Supdt. and Constr. of Naval Gun
Carriages, Naval Ordnance Works. Gun Carriage Dept., Richmond,
Va., 1864."
Prior to its acquisition by the National Archives, this drawing
was in the files of the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Construction and
Repair.
The original is plan # 81-12-22 in Record Group 19 at the U.S.
National Archives.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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