Acting as the first sponger of the pivot gun during this bitter engagement, Read exhibited marked coolness and good conduct and was highly recommended for his gallantry under fire by his divisional officer.
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Acting as sponger and loader of the 11-inch pivot gun during the bitter engagement, Harrison exhibited marked coolness and good conduct and was highly recommended for his gallantry under fire by the divisional officer.
23.
Several shots from the 6-inchers and pivot guns hit the " Florida " starboard which raked her bulwarks and removed her mizzenmast . " Wachusett " backed off and called out demanding the rebels surrender.
24.
Pivot guns had a major disadvantage in warfare : they were very difficult to protect in battle and were necessarily very exposed, as they lay close to the surface of a ship's deck and required an open field of view.
25.
After dark her commanding officer, with great coolness, moved all the crew except six and all her equipment and supplies except her pivot gun, some ammunition, 2 tons of coal, and a few small arms to one of the captured schooners.
26.
"Ashuelot " s armament consisted of a single 30-pounder Parrott rifle pivot gun, and five 24-pounder howitzers, one mounted in a pivot aft . She was crewed by a complement of seven officers and 34 enlisted men.
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"Pawtuxet " s armament consisted of a single 30-pounder Parrott rifle pivot gun, and five 24-pounder howitzers, one mounted in a pivot aft . She was crewed by a complement of seven officers and 34 enlisted men.
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Painfully wounded by a shell which killed the man at his side, Colbert, as captain of the forward pivot gun, remained at his post until the end of the action, braving the heavy enemy fire and appearing as cool as if at mere target practice ."
29.
Using the bulk of the CSS North Carolina as a shield, Lamson was able to negate the HMS Liverpool's fifteen 8-inch rifles and 32-pounder guns, and his four XI-inch Dahlgren guns were far more powerful than HMS Goshawk's two 110-pounder Armstrong pivot gun.
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They are about the bizarre bird-like superhero " Vincent the Vulture " who is, according to Eugene's nocturnal babblings, the " defender of truth and liberty and a member of the Audubon Society " and is " half-boy, half-man, half-bird with feathers growing out of every pore " and a " tail full of jet propulsion . " Also known as " Vultureman " or more simply " The Vulture ", the golden helmeted hero soars through space from his " homogenized space station " orbiting the Milky Way to battle his shapely but sadistic purple-eyed archenemy " Zuba the Magnificent, " who hates Vincent because " she's allergic to his feathers " and who enjoys blasting big " oooozing " holes into his highly resilient flying form ( " It'll take more than that to stop me ! " ) with her " atomic pivot gun ."
