# S-5

Cast Aug 24, 1863 in Selma at the

Confederate Naval Gun Foundry under

direction of Commander Catesby ap R. Jones.

Was the first gun shipped from the Selma

Foundry. Served as stern pivot gun on the

Selma-built ironclad ram CSS Tennessee.

During the Battle of Mobile Bay the

wounding of Admiral Franklin Buchanan

and the deaths of both men killed aboard

the Tennessee occurred at this gun.

This is the only surviving naval gun from the

Battle of Mobile Bay located in what was the

Confederate States of America.

(Reverse):

Designed by Lt. John M. Brooke CSN

“to be used against Iron-Clads”

Weight: 15,300 lbs

Length: 12 feet, 3 ½ inches

Range: 7900 yards (4 & ½ miles)

Brooke Rifles were reported accurate enough

to “hit a barrel at a mile every pop.”

Captured by the Federal Navy August 5, 1864

and taken to US Navy Yard in Washington DC.

Returned on loan in 1981 to the Selma-Dallas

County Museum of History and Archives from

the Naval Historical Center.

Marker is at the intersection of Broad Street (U.S. 80) and Selma Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Broad Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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