16-Pound Bar Shot
date: label: Date made
content: circa 1775
label: date made
content: ca 1775
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Forged steel.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: The shape of the bar shot, a center bar with rounded half-circles at either end, made it very effective against a rigged ship. The design allowed the weapon to carry away the yards, masts, and riggings of a ship.
place: label: used in
content: United States
topic: label: related event
content: American Revolution
label: related event
content: Revolution and the New Nation
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
label: See more items in
content: Military
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.58889-N(2B)
label: accession number
content: 229338
label: catalog number
content: 58889-N(2B)
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shot
label: Object Name
content: Bar Shot
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 16 in x 5 in; 12.7 cm x 40.64 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall:;