Driggs-Schroeder was the name of several naval guns designed by William H. Driggs and Seaton Schroeder, both US Navy officers, 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.
Driggs-Schroeder weapons included 1-pounder, 3-pounder, and 6-pounder naval guns.[1] 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.[2][3][4][5]
Some of the ships equipped with Driggs-Schroeder guns included USS Texas (1892), 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.
References
- ^ Lohrer, George L. Ordnance Supply Manual, U. S. Ordnance Dept., 1904, p. 282
- ^ Executive Documents of the House of Representatives, 1889-90, Washington: Government Printing Office, pp. 440-441
- ^ DiGiulian, Tony US 1-pounder guns Mks 1-15
- ^ DiGiulian, Tony US 3-pounder guns Mks 1-12
- ^ DiGiulian, Tony US 6-pounder guns Mks 1-13
- 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.