Photo #: NH 99833
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Chief Gunner's Mate Frank W. Crilley, in diving suit, standing
by a recompression chamber installed on the ship's deck, during
deep diving tests conducted in Long Island Sound in late October
and early November 1914. This photo may have been taken on 23
or 26 October, both days when Crilley made dives.
Note laced canvas overalls, diving manifold, test tank, air lines,
connections and pressure gages (that in left center is graduated
to 150 pounds per square inch) and boat davit (at left).
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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