A camouflaged freighter escorted by the destroyer USS Schenck (DD-159) in the Atlantic. View of guns aboard the filming vessel. Other vessels underway in the far background. DD-159 moves at a distance. Smoke rises from smokestacks of several vessels in the far background. Crew members stand on the deck railings of the filming vessel. DD-159 and the camouflaged freighter.
A camouflaged freighter escorted by the destroyer USS Schenck (DD-159) in the Atlantic. Other vessels underway in the far background. American destroyers and battleships underway in formation.
American battleships, destroyers and submarine chasers escort freighter in the Atlantic. A passenger cruiser passes in the foreground. The U.S. flags at the bow and stern sections of the cruiser. Battleships move in formation. Sun sets at far horizon.
U.S. Navy warships under attack by Japanese aircraft during World War 2. Fire fighting detail working on the deck of USS Enterprise (CV-6). They play hoses into elevator shaft where forward elevator was blown out of its well by Japanese kamikaze on 14 May 1945. Another ship in the far background, as battle with Japanese aircraft continues. Bomb splash in water near distant ship.
American warships firing antiaircraft guns at Japanese aircraft attacking the fleet. Black flak bursts seen in air. A Navy aircraft, with wings folded, dangling off flight deck of the USS Enterprise (CV-6). Smoke around fire fighters who have hoses spread on the deck. Flight deck filled with sailors manning hoses. Four sailors carrying injured sailor on stretcher, across the deck. Crews directing water hoses into gaping hole in flight deck where the forward elevator used to be before it was blown out of the ship by the explosion of the Kamikaze's bomb. (Note: As a result of this attack, the USS Enterprise was forced out of service for the remaining 3 months of the war.)
The Aurora space capsule, retrieved from the sea after the Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital mission, is seen on deck of the USS John R Pierce (DD-753) in transit to Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. "United States" painted on space capsule. Captain of the USS John R. Pierce, U.S. Navy Commander Adrian Lorensten, and Executive Officer, Lieutenant-Commander John Osborne, pose with wooden sign reading "John R Pierce," above and behind them.
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