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NH 99832 USS Walke

Photo #: NH 99832  USS Walke
Title: USS Walke
Description: (Destroyer # 34) Diving support activities on the ship's deck, while Gunner George D. Stillson, USN, was on the bottom, 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. Note Chief Petty Officer holding diver's air line, Passed Assistant Surgeon George R.W. French (wearing communications headset and microphone) talking to the diver by telephone, and recompression chamber (with hatch closed) in the background. Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 99832
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