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Photo # NH 92551:  View looking aft on USS Walke as she was underway, circa 1914

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Walke (Destroyer # 34), 1911-1935 --
Activities on and around the Ship, circa 1914



This page features some of the photographs from a collection related to the crew and activities of USS Walke (Destroyer # 34) in about 1914.

For a general description of this collection and more images from it, see:

  • USS Walke (Destroyer # 34) -- Crew and Activities, circa 1914.

    For overall photographs of USS Walke, see:

  • USS Walke (Destroyer # 34, later DD-34), 1911-1935.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 92546

    USS Walke
    (Destroyer # 34)

    Crew members practice taking navigation bearings, on the ship's forecastle, circa 1914.

    Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 92548

    USS Walke
    (Destroyer # 34)

    Crewmen exercising with a 3"/50 gun during firing practice, circa 1914.
    Note man at left holding a cartridge in preparation for loading the gun, pointer and trainer with eyes on their telescopic sights, and Sailor in the left center background taking notes.

    Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 92551

    USS Walke
    (Destroyer # 34)

    View looking over the starboard quarter as the ship was underway, 9 December 1913.
    Note Walke's wake, and her exposed steering gear.

    Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 54KB; 425 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99830

    USS Walke
    (Destroyer # 34)

    Propeller wash rising astern as the ship steams at high speed, circa 1914.
    Note water on the deck.

    Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 92547

    USS Walke
    (Destroyer # 34)

    A Navy Yard mobile crane hoisting the ship's after smokestack on board during a repair period, circa 1914.
    Note steam whistle on the foreward stack, at left, and boat davits on Walke's port side, in center.

    Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 92549

    USS Walke
    (Destroyer # 34)

    Replacing a steam turbine rotor, 21 January 1914.

    Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 430 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 92552

    USS Walke
    (Destroyer # 34)

    Crewmen rowing the ship's whaleboat, circa 1914.
    Note lapstrake construction of this craft.

    Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     

    For a general description of this collection and more images from it, see:

  • USS Walke (Destroyer # 34) -- Crew and Activities, circa 1914.

    For overall photographs of USS Walke, see:

  • USS Walke (Destroyer # 34, later DD-34), 1911-1935.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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