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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 92544 USS Walke (Destroyer # 34) Warrant Officer poses with a stanchion-mounted machine gun, circa 1914. This weapon is probably a .30 caliber U.S. Model 1909 Machine Rifle (Benét-Mercié). Its mounting appears to be intended for anti-aircraft use. Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 69KB; 430 x 765 pixels

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4 December 2004