I sent the Navy the links to slideshows on about half of their cannons. I chose those I had photos of from 1980. The new photos were taken earlier this month. They include many extreme close-up photos of the surface of the metal. The Navy can send links to these slideshows to anyone they want to have look at them. There are many Navy employees at the various Warfare Centers and Laboratories in the Navy system who are qualified to tell what's going on with the metal and recommend what should be done about it, if the authorities in the Washington Navy Yard would ask them.
Navy cat. no./ URL of slideshow/ Nationality/Caliber/Name
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61-84-O http://tinyurl.com/ndfws7 Spanish 12-pounder "EL TORO"
61-84-AG http://tinyurl.com/lwcqfc Spanish 4(?)-pounder "GENEROSO"
61-84-J http://tinyurl.com/loqynn Spanish 24-pounder "CAMILLO"
61-84-AM http://tinyurl.com/mhjmpd US Army 24-pounder field howitzer
61-84-BC http://tinyurl.com/mn8ydj Japanese 36-pounder
61-84-AH http://tinyurl.com/l9vomb Spanish 8-pounder "EL GALGO"
61-84-EK http://tinyurl.com/mm3lnr Spanish 4.75-inch rifle "ALEATOR"
61-84-AI http://tinyurl.com/l8rry2 Spanish 8-pounder "CAMBERNON"
61-84-AB http://tinyurl.com/modq7q unknown 4-pounder
61-84-EQ http://tinyurl.com/mvxnoz Spanish 12-pounder "EL TOSICO"
61-84-Q http://tinyurl.com/lq5hf2 French 12-pounder "LE VIGOUREUX"
61-84-L http://tinyurl.com/mlc8qt Spanish 24-pounder "CORZO"
The Navy's webpage with descriptions and photos of all 26 bronze guns in Leutze Park is here:
http://www.history.navy.mil/cannons/cannons.html
