Photo #: NH 99834
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Partially suited diver (apparently a Chief Petty Officer, judging
from the hat he is holding) on board the ship, circa March 1914.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99833
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Diver standing by a decompression chamger installed on the ship's
deck, circa March 1914.
Note 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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Photo #: NH 99835
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
"Suiting up" a diver on board the ship, circa March
1914.
Note air pressure gage at left, communications headset worn by
the man at right, and decompression chamber in the background.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92530
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Diver being suited-up on the ship's deck, in preparation for
an underwater repair job, circa March 1914.
Note the diver's telephone headset.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99836
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Diver preparing to go over Walke's side, 3 March 1914.
Note air line attached to the back of his helmet.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92531
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Diver prepares to go over the side for an underwater repair job,
3 March 1914.
Note the open front viewing port in his helmet.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99837
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Assisting a diver on a ladder over Walke's side, circa
March 1914.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99838
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Diver alongside the ship, circa March 1914.
He appears to be ascending a ladder hung over Walke's
side.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99832
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Diving support activities on the ship's deck, circa March 1914.
Note Chief Petty Officer holding diver's air line, officer with
communications headset and microphone, and decompression chamber
(with closed hatch) in the background.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99840
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Air hose for a diver working underwater below Walke's
starboard side, circa March 1914.
Note diver's ladder, rivets in the ship's side plating, rubbing
strake just above her water line, and decompression chamber installed
on her deck.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99831
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Sailors pose with a diving helmet, weighted diver's boots and
a decompression chamber installed on the ship's deck, circa March
1914.
Note air lines running from the valve, at left, to the decompression
chamber.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92533
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Decompression chamber installed on board the ship to support
diving activities, circa March 1914.
Note "hard-hat" diving gear on deck, potato locker
at left, light-weight boat davits and small lapstrake-construction
skiff at right.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 92532
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
"Lungmotor" and other rescue devices in a decompression
chamber installed on board the ship to support diving activities,
circa March 1914.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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