Photo #: NH 99837
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Assistants on board the ship remove weighted belt from diver
George D. Stillson (Gunner, USN) after his return to the surface,
during deep diving tests conducted in Long Island Sound in late
October and early November 1914. This photo may have been taken
during Stillson's 23 October dive, in which he reached the bottom
in 88 1/2 feet of water.
The diver is standing on a ladder suspended from the ship's side
and extending to a depth of 80 feet.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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