The USS California (BB-44) after being refloated at Pearl Harbor, and being readied to move to drydock number 2 for further repairs. Her guns have been removed to lighten her. Her hull shows the effects of submersion. Pumps work steadily to keep her afloat in spite of penetrations in her hull. Views from small boat of various maintenance activities on the California. Tugboats, cranes, derricks, pumps, etc. are being employed. Two sailors row a small dinghy.
U.S. Navy TBF Avenger air crews being briefed by a group commander, on Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during World War 2. A long line of Avengers parked with wings folded. They start engines and begin to taxi with wings still folded.
Activities of the United States Navy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, early in World War II. Sailors stand at the deck of a warship. Mountains in the background. Warship in its berth. A Liberty party of sailors crosses a gangplank to a berth platform and then into a motor launch. A warship in the channel, seen from the shore. Coded light signals flashing from the ship.
The Battleship, USS Colorado (BB-45) underway in the channel entering Pearl Harbor Naval Station, Hawaii. Sailors in white uniforms line the rails. A Vought OS2U Kingfisher scout plane can be seen high on aft deck, above gun turret. A group of Naval personnel stand on a platform at Berth F-12A, waiting for the the ship. USS Colorado rotates with help from tugboats and moves forward into the berth.
Activities of United States Navy pilots at Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii during World War 2. U.S. Navy pilot climbs into cockpit of an F4F airplane with engine running. Right behind him is a tall stand with a seat and a sign below reading:"Carrier Pilots Check In & Out HERE!" A group of fighter pilots, including LCDR James S. "Jimmy" Thach of VF-3, discuss flight plans. F4Fs parked on the flight line. Flight leader (Thach) begins to taxi out and is followed by 6 more. They line up abreast, and then commence an echelon formation takeoff.
Activities of the United States Navy at Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii during World War II. A group of United States Navy F4F Wildcat fighter planes take off from an airbase. The airplanes fly in formation. Mountains in the background. A train passes on a railway track in the background. The airplanes taxi on the airbase.
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