DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 53511
USS Henderson (Transport # 1)
A close-up of the gyroscopic stabilizer installed in Henderson
in April 1917 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
The casting of the gyro rotor weighed about 60,000 pounds.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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