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1. WNYYD_140824_17.JPG: Willard Park On display in Willard Park, named for the early 20th century commandant of the Yard, are over 60 naval artifacts from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Mounted at the western end of the park is a fine collection of turn-of-the-century naval ordnance from both American and European manufacturers. Nearby are several large artifacts salvaged from the battleship Maine sunk on the eve of the Spanish-American War. Farther east are naval landing force guns surrounding German and American deck guns, one of which fired the first American shot of World War I. Also from that war is the last of eight 14-inch naval railway batteries. World War II artifacts include the propeller from the battleship South Dakota, the Navy's first radar antenna, and armor plate from Japanese and American warships. A 16-inch gun barrel rests on specially designed trucks which once moved these huge guns through the Yard. At the east end of the park, artifacts from the post war era include a Regulus missile, a Terrier battery, a Sparrowhawk launcher, and a five-inch gun barrel which saw service in Vietnam. The Navy's continuing role in oceanography is commemorated by the NOMAD remote sensor platform and the titanium pressure sphere from the bathyscaphe, Alvin.
2. WNYYD_140824_19.JPG: Cannon from Battleship Maine
3. WNYYD_140824_22.JPG: Spare propeller blade from USS Maine Sunk in Havana Harbor February 15, 1898
4. WNYYD_140824_27.JPG: Alvin Pressure Sphere THis is one of the two titanium pressure hulls designed and fabricated by the Naval Research Laboratory, for use in the US Navy's deep-submergence vehicle, Alvin. Made of titanium 1.92 inches thick and weighing 7,500 pounds, these pressure hulls replace the original one made of 8,500 pounds of steel 1.33 inches thick. The lighter weight and greater strength of the titanium hull not only reduced Alvin's weight by 1,000 pounds but increased its operating depth from 6,000 to 12,000 feet. This sphere was retired after being tested extensively to confirm that design specifications had been met. Its companion was still in operational use aboard the submersible as of September 1982.
5. WNYYD_140824_36.JPG: Japanese Depth-Charge Thrower Called a Y-gun in the US Navy, this weapon was mounted on the center-line of an escort vessel and used a powder cartridge to hurl a depth charge out to each side of the ship. Used in combination with depth charges launched from tracks over the stern, Y-guns enabled an attacking ship to lay down a broad pattern of depth charges over the suspected position of a submarine.
6. WNYYD_140824_43.JPG: Armor Plate: This 26-inch armor plate was intended for use in Japanese Yamato class battleships. Found in the Kure Naval Base shortly after the end of World War II, it was shipped to the Naval Proving Ground at Dahlgren, Virginia, for ballistics tests. The damage to this particular section was inflicted by the impact of a standard US Navy 16-inch armor piercing projectile.
7. WNYYD_140824_70.JPG: USS Balao (SS-285) Battle Flag of USS BALAO [illustration] Displacement: 1,526 [tons](surfaced), 2,414 (submerged) Length: 311' 9" Draft: 16' 10" Speed: 20.25 k. (surfaced), 8.75 k. (submerged) Complement: 6 officers and 60 enlisted men Armament: 10 21" torpedo tubes, 1 4" gun, 2 20mm. A.A. guns Class: BALAO USS BALAO's keel was laid by the Portsmouth (NH) Navy Yard on 26 June 1942. She was launched 27 October 1942 (sponsored by Mrs. Theodore C. Aylward) and commissioned on 4 February 1943, LCDR Richard H. Crane commanding. BALAO's combat operations spanned the period from 25 July 1943 to 27 27 August 1945. She carried out 10 war patrols, during the course of which she was credited with sinking seven Japanese ships, totaling in excess of 32,000 tons, as well as 1,100 tons of small craft sunk by gunfire. BALAO earned nine battle stars for her World War II service. Her battle flag was designed by a Disney artist at the request of Motor Machinist Mate 3rd Class William G. Hartley in 1945. BALAO returned to the United States in 1946, ultimately arriving at New London, Connecticut, where she was decommissioned on 28 August 1946 and placed in reserve. Recommissioned on 4 March 1952, she was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet and based at Key West, Florida. There, she served primarily as a training ship for antisubmarine units and the Special Development Force in the Key West and Guantanamo Bay operating areas. She was decommissioned on 11 July 1963, and her name was struck from the Navy list on 1 August 1963. Her hull was sunk as a target off the northern coast of Florida on 6 September 1963; however, before this occurred, her conning tower was removed, and it has been restored by the Naval Supply Systems Command for display here on the waterfront of the Washington Navy Yard.
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Description of Subject Matter: According to a somewhat out-of-date plaque in the Dahlgren Park:

On display in Willard Park, named for the 20th century commandant of the Yard, are over 60 naval artifacts from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Items include:
Several large artifacts salvaged from the battleship Maine sunk on the eve of the Spanish-American War,
Naval landing force guns surrounding German and American deck guns, one of which fired the first American shot of World War I,
From World War I, the last of eight 14-inch naval railway batteries,
From World War II, the propeller from the battleship South Dakota,
The Navy's first radar antenna,
Armor plate from Japanese and American warships,
A 16-inch gun barrel rests on specially designed trucks which one moved these huge guns through the Yard,
A Regulus missile,
A Terrier battery,
A Sparrowhawk launcher,
A five-inch gun barrel that saw service in Vietnam,
The NOMAD remote sensor platform, and
The titanium pressure sphere from the bathyscaphe, Alvin.
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2014 photos: Equipment this year: I mostly used my Fuji XS-1 camera but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Trips this year: three Civil War Trust conferences (Winchester, VA, Nashville, TN, and Atlanta, GA), Michigan to visit mom in the hospice before she died and then a return trip after she died, and my 9th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Las Vegas, Reno, Carson City, Sacramento, Oakland, and Los Angeles). Ego strokes: Paul Dickson used one of my photos as the author photo in his book "Aphorisms: Words Wrought by Writers". Number of photos taken this year: just over 470,000.
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