PHOTO
GALLERY TWO:
ABOARD SHIP
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Close up, starboard quarter, off West Point (Taylor Hall or Building 600 is in the center background), receiving dignitaries during Naval Academy Summer Cruise, 3 August 1937.
Close up of starboard side amidships, during Naval Academy Summer Cruise, 3 August 1937. Scout plane (SOC-1 “Sea Gull”) is visible just aft of stack.
Close up port side amidships, off West Point, during Naval Academy Summer Cruise, 3 August 1937.
Three-quarter view of port side during Naval Academy Summer Cruise, 3 August 1937.
View forward from tripod mast looking down on main battery director (for six-inch guns) and Mark 3 radar antenna being installed, at Mechanical Division, Balboa Canal Zone. September 1942.
View aft
from tripod mast. Visible are
stack, 36-inch searchlight tower (being repainted), two 20mm anti-aircraft guns at
base of tower, and Mark 6 depth charge roll-off racks on fantail. September
1942.
Visitors arriving at starboard accommodation ladder on ERIE’s 36-ft motor launch, during Naval Academy Summer Cruise, 3 August 1937.
View aft on starboard side. Lt. Commander H.P. Knickerbocker (Executive Officer) stands to left. Note six-inch gun loading machine just forward of base of 36-inch searchlight tower.
Watertight door leading to No. 4 six-inch gun shelter. Note life ring and limber for field gun hanging on bulkhead. 1937.
An open watertight door and passageway on the main deck. 1937.
Close up of an open watertight door on the main deck. 1937.
View of main deck looking forward on starboard side. Watertight door just aft of boat leads to Captain’s cabin (forward of door opening) and Admiral’s cabin (aft of door opening). 1937.
View of main deck on starboard side looking forward from No. 4 six-inch gun platform. Note disassembled field gun limber on bulkhead and rigged awnings. 1937.
Top of accommodation ladder, starboard side. 1937.
View of main deck looking aft on starboard side. Watertight door leads to Captain’s and Admiral’s cabins. Top of accommodation ladder is to left. 1937.
View of Captain’s cabin and dining area. Doorway by book case leads to his sleeping room. 1937.
View of Captain’s sleeping room. Against bulkhead are chifferobe, chest of drawers, and wardrobe with mirrored doors (reflecting sitting chair). 1937.
View of a formal dinner arrangement on the main deck of the ERIE. 1940.
Stern six-inch guns pound away during 1941 long-range gun drill.
All hands, including band and Marine detachment, welcome Rear Admiral John W. Wilcox on board. Quad 1.1 inch anti-aircraft guns are visible aft of searchlight tower and aft of six-inch gun director at top of bridge.
Unidentified crewmember climbs forward (tripod) mast.
Unidentified crewmember stands watch on ERIE's bow.
View toward six-inch gun director atop navigational bridge. Wrapped in canvas forward of the bridge and aft to the side of the bridge are three of the ERIE's quad 1.1 inch anti-aircraft guns.
Stern section of ERIE fully canvassed while moored in Balboa (Canal Zone) harbor.
View toward port bow, docked in Portsmouth VA.
ERIE's bow pounds through the waves in the Atlantic, en route to Panama from Portsmouth VA in 1939.
Onlookers aboard and beside the ERIE watch the winching aboard of a Manta Ray.
Close-up photo of Manta Ray caught in the waters off of Manzanillo, Mexico.
Machine shop located on the second deck of the ERIE.
Enlisted men's mess located on the second deck.
Unidentified crewmembers (dressed for Crossing the Line ceremony) pose in enlisted men's mess.
Washroom and shower area for Engineering Force, on second deck, starboard side.
Berthing area for Engineering Force on second deck, port side. Note pails for personal washing and washing clothes.
Babcock and Wilcox boiler number 2 in the machinery spaces.
MM 1c Louis F. Hyde, dressed for inspection, stands next to Babcock and Wilcox boiler number 2.
One of the four quad 1.1 inch anti-aircraft gun mounts on board the ERIE.
View from the starboard side out toward a parade of other SPERON vessels. One of the ERIE's three-pound saluting guns is visible at the bottom (center) of the photo.
Squadron of PBYs flies over the ERIE during a formal parade of SPERON vessels.