| Description |
Accession Number: 98-1
Model: 4.2" Dahlgren projectile
Descriptive Narrative: Explosive shell casing made of a steel (rusted); approx. 4" in diameter and 8.25" from end to end. One end is rounded, the other tapering. The rounded end has five raised flanges. The side has 4 rectangular lugs. A hole is drilled through the side to the interior (an early attempt at removing explosives from interior cavity.
Notes: Excavated by Civilian Conservation Corps workers in Angoon, Alaska, 04/21/1938; located on the side of town facing Chatham Strait, in Lot 9, U.S. Survey No. 1567; buried to a depth of 16 inches. Believed to be associated with the shelling of Angoon in 1882 by federal forces under the command of E.C. Merriman, U.S. Navy.
Dimensions: L: 8.25 in, DIAM: 4 in |
