How a 1920s naval warehouse handled heavy equipment

How would equipment be organized in a 1920s naval warehouse, and would torpedoes and small arms be stored differently?

Storage varied by item, using crates, floor stacks, or shelves, while heavy equipment depended on pulley and overhead-crane systems.

Storage depended on the equipment: some items remained in crates, some occupied shelving, and others stood in organized stacks on the floor. The handling systems differed from those of a modern warehouse, and buildings were often lower. Pulley gear and rigging could lift heavy equipment where direct handling was impractical. Overhead carriage rails and gantry cranes provided routes for moving loads into and out of storage.