The ship's band posing with their musical instruments on the starboard side of the quarterdeck just forward of the after 6 inch gun's blast screen. The screen is covered with splinter matting. On the extreme right is part of the breach for the 3 inch anti-aircraft gun. The bandmaster, a Gunner's Mate, has his back to the camera, and the drummer on the far left is a Stoker. Most of the band are playing flutes or piccolos. The photograph was taken from the starboard side of the after deckhouse.

A flaw in the emulsion is evident down the left side of the negative, which is also suffering from camera shake. A better photograph is N22737