Photo #: NH 92529
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Crewmen patching an underwater hole in the hull, aft on the starboard
side, at Dry Tortugas, Florida, 17 March 1914.
They are working from a platform resting on two boats.
Note lapstrake construction of the boats, ship's name on her
stern, and her starboard propeller guard.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99841
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Making repairs on an underwater hole in Walke's after
starboard hull side, at Dry Tortugas, Florida, 17 March 1914.
Note Fort Jefferson in the left background, ship's propeller
guard, arrow painted on her side to mark the location of the
hole, her above-deck steering gear, her after 3"/50 gun
stowed facing forward, and working platform supported by two
boats.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99842
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Making repairs on an underwater hole in Walke's after
starboard hull side, at Dry Tortugas, Florida, 17 March 1914.
Note working platform supported by two boats, arrow painted on
the ship's side to mark the location of the hole, twin 18-inch
torpedo tubes at right, with what appears to be a diver's air
pump just aft of them, ship's after steering station in left
center, and lap strake construction of the boat in foreground.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99839
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Officers on a working platform supported between two boats, alongside
Walke on 17 March 1914.
The structure of this platform appears to have been insufficiently
strong.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99843
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Lowering a patch over the ship's starboard side to seal a hole
in her underwater hull, at Dry Tortugas, Florida, 17 March 1914.
Note the arrow painted on the ship's side to mark the location
of the hole and marking on the patch to show its top edge.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99844
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Lowering a patch over the ship's starboard side to seal a hole
in her underwater hull, 19 March 1914.
Note the arrow painted on the ship's side to mark the location
of the hole and marking on the patch to show its top edge.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99845
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Repairing a hole in Walke's after starboard underwater
hull side, while she was drydocked circa March 1914.
Note the starboard propeller shaft and its supports in the foreground,
and open rivet holes in the ship's plating near the hole.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99846
USS Walke (Destroyer # 34)
Repairing a hole in Walke's after starboard underwater
hull side, while she was drydocked in about March 1914.
Note the starboard propeller shaft and its supports in the foreground.
Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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