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Photo # NH 86537:  Launching of USS Walke, at Bath, Maine, 27 October 1943

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USS Walke (DD-723), 1944-1975 --
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  • USS Walke (DD-723), 1944-1975.


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    Photo #: NH 86537

    USS Walke
    (DD-723)

    Sliding down the shipways at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, during her launching on 27 October 1943.
    Photographed by Douglas.

    Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN(MSC), 1978.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 64KB; 475 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99819

    USS Walke
    (DD-723)

    Detail view of interior torpedo stowage drain piping. Photographed at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, 29 September 1961, at the completion of her FRAM II modernization.
    Small arrow in the lower center, below the door mechanism, marks the drain piping.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99820

    USS Walke
    (DD-723)

    Detail view of interior torpedo stowage drain piping. Photographed at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, 29 September 1961, at the completion of her FRAM II modernization.
    Small arrows in the left center marks the drain piping. Markings on door (upper right) indicate that the location is in, or near, the ship's drone helicopter hangar.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 94KB; 600 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99821

    USS Walke
    (DD-723)

    Detail view of interior distilled water filling piping. Photographed at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, 29 September 1961, at the completion of her FRAM II modernization.
    Small arrow in the center marks the piping.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 69626-KN (color)

    USS Walke (DD-723)

    Small enameled plaque of a ship's insignia used in 1966.

    Courtesy of Captain G.F. Swainson, USN, 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 118KB; 650 x 675 pixels

     


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