Updated 14 January 2011

Hotchkiss five-barrel 3-pdr now in Texas County, Missouri
Note the crank used to operate the weapon and the ammunition feed guides
Photograph copyrighted by Jim Price

3-pdr on USS Uncas SP-689 about 1917
Note the shoulder rest and lack of sighting mechanisms
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 98353

3-pdr on the bow of USS Elmasada SP-109
Stern gun appears to be a Maxim-Nordenfeldt 1-pdr
A typical example of how obsolete weapons were brought back into service to arm the many small patrol boats acquired during World War I
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 54367

Cutaway sketch of 3-pdr ammunition

14 January 2011 - New datapage