At the beginning of 1914 the Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla contained several divisions of destroyers. Among these was the Second Division, which on that date was made up of six of the nine three-funneled members of the 742-ton Paulding class, all of which wore the numeral "2" attached to each side of their middle smokestack. USS Walke was one member of this division. The others were Roe (Destroyer # 24), Terry (Destroyer # 25), Perkins (Destroyer # 26), Sterett (Destroyer # 27) and Monaghan (Destroyer # 32).
The other three triple-stack Paulding class "tin-cans" belonged to the Third Division (Warrington, Destroyer # 30; and Mayrant, Destroyer # 31) and the Fourth Division (Patterson, Destroyer # 36), the rest of whose units were of the four-stack type. With the passage of time, other destroyers passed in and out of these divisions, reflecting the scheduling of ships' shipyard overhauls and the constant rearranging of pre-World War I Navy operating forces' organization schemes.
The photographs on this page, and the next, were taken during Second Division operations in about 1914. Though it is not possible to identify exactly which of the division's destroyers are seen, it is likely that USS Walke is among them.
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:
For overall photographs of USS Walke, see:
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.
For a general description of this collection and more images
from it, see:
For overall photographs of USS Walke, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 31 December 2004
Link added 28 February 2006