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Dockside Religious Service
Dockside Religious Service

In this wartime photograph, a corvette's crew is assembled for a dockside religious service.

A dock provided open space unavailable aboard small warships like corvettes. The navy's White Ensign covers the podium supporting the Bible and other religious books, while the participants stand with their heads uncovered. Historically, in addition to being a religious observance, the assembling of the crew for divine service also provided an opportunity for naval regulations and instructions to be read to them as part of maintaining discipline.

George Metcalf Archival Collection
CWM 20000031-069



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