U.S. battleship USS New Jersey (BB-16) being test bombed in the Atlantic Ocean as part of General Billy Mitchell's efforts to demonstrate the effect of air power in warfare. A close up of the USS New Jersey (BB-16). The ship begins to sink after aerial bombing. One mast falls and the U.S. battleship tilts on one side. The ship gradually submerges into water off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
USS Virginia battleship sinks in Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. A U.S. Army Air Service Martin bomber in flight and the ships being hit by the aircraft. The ship underway and smoke rises from the bombed area on the deck. USS Virginia tilts on one side. The damaged deck of the ship. The ship sinks gradually. The bombers in flight.