Photo #: NH 55112
USS Chester (Scout Cruiser # 1)
Steams through ice fields while en route to Hamburg, Germany,
in late December 1918.
USS Aylwin (Destroyer # 47) is following astern.
The two U.S. Navy ships were operating under the auspices of
the Allied Naval Armistice Commission, and were to conduct an
inspection of German Baltic Sea ports.
Note Chester's anti-submarine battery on her stern, consisting
of a pair of depth charge racks and two "Y-Gun" depth
charge throwers.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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