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'''Driggs-Schroeder''' was the name of several [[naval artillery|naval guns]] designed by US Navy officers [[William H. Driggs]] and [[Seaton Schroeder]] for the [[United States Navy]] in the late 1880s, fitted on ships built in the 1890s. Driggs later founded the [[Driggs-Seabury]] Ordnance Company ca. 1898 in partnership with Samuel Seabury, a retired US Navy officer.
Driggs-Schroeder weapons included [[QF 1-pounder pom-pom#United States service|1-pounder]], [[QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss#US service|3-pounder]] (Navy Marks 2 and 3),<ref>Campbell, p. 147</ref> and [[QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss#American service|6-pounder]] (Navy Marks 6 and 8)<ref>Campbell, p. 147</ref> naval guns.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-pgtAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA282&lpg=PA282&dq=driggs+ordnance+company&source=bl&ots=J1_KVBcGFV&sig=5wR7k1R1KZr22qOdGm8BLGO32IE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LoYUVc32CMemNtmSgoAP&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=driggs%20ordnance%20company&f=false Lohrer, George L. ''Ordnance Supply Manual'', U. S. Ordnance Dept., 1904, p. 282]</ref> All were rapid-firing, what today would be called "single shot", with brass cased ammunition. They were among numerous models of these guns equipped on US Navy ships of the 1890s. Other manufacturers' designs included fully automatic 1-pounder and 3-pounder guns, but not Driggs-Schroeder. Most Driggs-Schroeder weapons were manufactured by the American Ordnance Company, with some manufactured by Driggs Ordnance Company.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NYA3AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA440&lpg=PA440&dq=driggs+ordnance+company&source=bl&ots=zcPz98JS-M&sig=B_4HsiLdFCgKfobCRfrRU27d6kI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TIgUVYzZFoybgwS9j4PoCg&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=driggs%20ordnance%20company&f=false Executive Documents of the House of Representatives, 1889-90, Washington: Government Printing Office, pp. 440-441]</ref><ref>[http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_1pounder_m1.htm DiGiulian, Tony US 1-pounder guns Mks 1-15]</ref><ref>[http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_3pounder_m1.htm DiGiulian, Tony US 3-pounder guns Mks 1-12]</ref><ref>[http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_6pounder_m1.htm DiGiulian, Tony US 6-pounder guns Mks 1-13]</ref>
[[File:Olympia_C-6_13.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Breech of a Driggs-Schroeder 6-pounder gun on USS ''Olympia''.]]
Some of the ships equipped with Driggs-Schroeder guns included [[USS Texas (1892)|USS ''Texas'' (1892)]], [[USS Maine (ACR-1)|USS ''Maine'' (1893)]], and {{USS|Olympia|C-6}}. ''Olympia'' is preserved with her Driggs-Schroeder 6-pounders intact at the [[Independence Seaport Museum]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].
Sources indicate that Driggs-Schroeder designed a 3.2-inch gun for the [[US Army]], possibly the M1897 and perhaps the same gun later manufactured by Driggs-Seabury.<ref>[http://library.bbhc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WRAC/id/8897 Blueprint for a Driggs-Schroeder 3.2-inch gun from Winchester Repeating Arms Company, at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1rtBAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=3.2-inch+gun+M1897&source=bl&ots=5zbbXSuCgu&sig=B0HMH8DjNfyf19jQkKetNSMdLoY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EJIbVZy9FYq5ggThn4CgBA&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=3.2-inch%20gun%20M1897&f=false {{cite book | last1 = Ordnance Dept | first1 = U. S. Army | last2 = | first2 = | title = Handbook of the 3.2-inch Field Battery | publisher = Government Printing Office | location = Washington, D. C. | year = 1917 | isbn = }}]</ref><ref>[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-32inch-driggsseabury-fieldgun/?mobileFormat=false Scientific American Vol. 79, Issue 6, article on the 3.2-inch Driggs-Seabury field gun]</ref> An Army 4-inch/40 caliber Driggs-Schroeder rapid-fire gun also existed, probably
==References==
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* {{cite book | last1 = Berhow | first1 = Mark A., Ed. | last2 = | first2 = | title = American Seacoast Defenses, A Reference Guide, Second Edition | publisher = CDSG Press | year = 2004 | isbn = 0-9748167-0-1}}
* {{cite book| title=Naval Weapons of World War Two |author=Campbell, John |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1985 |isbn=0-87021-459-4}}
* Munsey's Magazine Volume XXVI, October 1901 to March 1902, p. 880. Article paragraph covered the Driggs-Schroeder 6-pounders carried on the USS ''Olympia'', USS ''Brooklyn'', and USS ''New York''.
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