Gun crew,on the USS New York (BB-34),wearing steel helmets, check out her 3-inch antiaircraft gun on the stern deck, as she departs from U.S. Argentia Naval station, Newfoundland, during World War 2. Sailors are dressed in winter clothing. Snow-covered hills in background. As they are underway, a large transport ship is seen astern. Scene shifts to warmer, sunny weather at sea. Sailors play a game with quoits on the deck of the USS New York. Others relax in a warm sunny spot. Sailors stand on the deck. An island visible nearby. Sailors download a bomb from a Vought OS2U Kingfisher aircraft aboard the battleship New York. International maritime flags displayed near the bridge.
Opening scene shows glimpse from deck of the Heavy Cruiser, USS San Francisco (CA-38) underway in World War 2, with waves rolling over her bow from rough waters, then the scene shifts to view from the bridge. overlooking her pair of forward triple 8-inch guns. Her smaller gun emplacements at the bow are inundated by the waters as she plunges in and out of the waves. A Casablanca class Escort Aircraft Carrier (CVE) is seen to starboard. View of Curtiss SOC Seagull wing and pontoon on the San Francisco. A battleship seen in distance. More views from bridge of the San Francisco. A South Dakota class battleship is seen underway and a fighter plane above her in flight. Still more views from the San Francisco's bridge and then from her main port deck.
U.S. Destroyer, USS Drayton (DD-366) in camouflage paint, underway off Okinawa in World War II. Crew members crowd her decks as she sends a man,by high line transfer in large enclosed canvas sling, to nearby heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). View of the transfer from the cruiser. The Drayton moves away. A Vought OS2U Kingfisher scout plane lands in the slick of USS Salt Lake City and bounces about in rough water. View from the Salt Lake City of Japanese shells, from shore battery on Marcus Island, falling into the sea. Momentary view of Lieutenant Commander, Eddie Peabody and his troupe, entertaining sailors aboard the Salt Lake City in port at Ulithi, on Nov. 11, 1944.
Supplements from a film called 'Fighting Lady' during World War II. A sailor aboard USS Yorktown also called Fighting Lady. Sailor stands in the well of the elevator as a torpedo comes up on elevator to the deck level. A cartoon of Tojo on a torpedo head and a sign reads 'To Tojo'. Nose of the torpedo with a grinning Japanese face drawn on it.
Supplements from a film called 'Fighting Lady' during World War II. Racks with torpedoes in them aboard USS Yorktown. Propellers of the torpedoes. Men lift torpedoes from rack and being placed upwards. Torpedo being lowered into place on a rack.
Supplements from a film called 'Fighting Lady' during World War II. A man guides the stern of torpedoes as it is being lifted from a rack. Torpedoes placed on a stand. A torpedo being lowered. Torpedo being lifted from a rack as a man guides the stern. A motor mechanic works on an electric motor. Men unfasten doors on a torpedo hatch. Hatch cover being lifted.
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