Item Number: U00192
Item Title: 1878, yes that is right 1878, dated US Navy Watercap fuse adapter
Price: $245
Shipping: Not included
Provenance: US
Type: 1878 dated
Shell Type: Not listed
Thread Diameter: Unknown, possibly California
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Description:Here is proof positive that the US Navy watercap fuse adapter went on to be used well after the Civil War. I'd have thought they'd have had a blue million leftover from the war, but I guess they needed more for defense and to go out and bombard pesky eskimos and Koreans where Civil War era projectiles and fuses are recovered from US Navy action well after the American Civil War ended. This one is threaded 10tpi for a Schenkl shell which is different from the threading on the war era watercap fuse adapters.
If you collect the dates of watercap fuse adapters as so many of us do, this is probably a date you don't yet have in your collection as I have only seen these very rarely.