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 106198
USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18)
The dunking tank, used for initiating "polywogs" during
Equator crossing ceremonies while the "Great White Fleet"
was on the first leg of its World cruise, 6 January 1908.
The original image is printed on post card ("PMO")
stock.
Donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 500 pixels
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