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Photo #: NH 92533 USS Walke (Destroyer # 34) Recompression chamber installed on board the ship to support deep diving tests in Long Island Sound, 21 October to 5 November 1914. A dive made on 3 November 1914 reached the then-record depth of 274 feet. 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. Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 455 pixels

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Image posted 4 December 2004
Caption corrected and image reposted 25 January 2007