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 98583
USS Mercury (ID # 3012)
Hoisting a paravane from the ship's foredeck, circa 1919.
Note the piping running down and across the bridge face, probably
speaking tubes from the upper bridge to operating stations below
decks.
Courtesy of Mrs. W.A. Nightengale, 1971.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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