Terrier Missile launched from the port battery aboard USS Constellation (CVA-64) at Yankee Station, off Vietnam, in the South China Sea, during the Vietnam War. Flight deck hand standing on flight deck looking towards port side waiting for the missile launches. Cloud of smoke appears as missile is launched. Missile heads to its target in sky. Streak of smoke arises from the missile. Flight deck personnel look towards port side waiting for next launch. CVA-64 and CAG-14 officers and men watch launch from flight deck. Personnel on flight deck. Port launcher after the missile launch. Blast doors are open.
Missile loading tests on the port battery aboard USS Constellation (CVA-64) at Yankee Station, off Vietnam, in the South China Sea, during Vietnam War. Terrier missile on the launcher. Launcher swings around to attack position. Forward section of missile. Missile ready for launch. Blast doors open on the missile house. Terrier missile slides back. Practice missile comes out onto the rail, blast door closes and launcher swings around. Terrier missile slides back in the missile house. Missile launch arm in view. Terrier missile slides on the launcher. Launcher swings around.
Aerial view of tropical pacific island of Kwajalein. U.S. Anti Ballistic Missile system on the island of Kwajalein, Pacific. An artists' conception of a typical operating missile site. The aim is to guard U.S. against any possible nuclear attack from Communist China. Missiles launched to meet and destroy enemy missiles. Artists' rendition of enemy projectiles far above the Earth's atmosphere. Missiles launched.
The USS Harnett County (LST-821) in South China Sea, near the coast of Vietnam. Several U.S. Navy Riverine boats cluster around her. Closeups of Riverine boat crewmen. A Patrol Boat Riverine (PBR) headed out on patrol. Navy Seawolf UH-1B gunship of Light Helicopter Attack Squadron 3 (HAL-3) passes close by the camera. Aerial view of the Mekong delta region of South Vietnam showing rivers, streams, canals, and Mangrove forests and cultivated fields. View from cockpit of helicopter approaching the USS Harnett County and sound of the pilot requesting a "green deck" to land. Green flag flying over the landing zone on the ship. The chopper lands and deck crew secures it and beginning servicing it. View of the ship anchored 2 miles from the mouth of the Cochin River. Riverine patrol boat returning to the ship. A ship's officer (Lieutenant) on the bridge, speaking with sailors. They observe the shore with visual aids. Glimpse of a wooden Vietnamese fishing boat. Closeup of main rotor blades turning on a Navy U1B gunship. Crew boarding and the helicopter cleared for takeoff. It flies low over the river as it departs on daily patrol. . View from helicopter as it flies over the delta.
CIC (Combat Information Center) aboard the USS Providence (CLG-6) underway in the South China Sea off South Vietnam. An operator turns a knob on an MK 1 Able computer in CIC aboard the USS Providence. The computer operator wearing phones as he stands over the MK 1 Able computer. A plotting room officer over a phone writes on a clipboard. View at a section of a computer and target of striker range gauge. The operator turns a knob on the computer. Gauges on the computer. The MK 1 Able computer. The operator moves triggers to fire the guns. The salvo operator's hands on two triggers. The operator stands in front of a large control panel and turns on several switches. Top surface of the MK 1 Able computer with operators turning knobs on the top of the computer. Two men in background also turn knobs on far end of the computer. (Vietnam War period).
USS Providence (CLG-6) underway in the South China Sea off South Vietnam. A stern view of the USS Haleakala (AE-25) being approached by the USS Providence. A port quarter view of the USS Providence firing at shore targets off Vietnam. A mountainous coastline in far background. A forward battery fires at the port. A boat approaches towards the ship.