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USN (United States Navy) Task Force 38 ships fire antiaircraft guns in Gulf of Leyte during World War II.
USN (United States Navy) Task Force 38 ships battle enemy planes in Gulf of Leyte during World War II. Rainwater drives across the flight deck. USS Princeton (CVL-23) burns in the background. USS Lexington (CV-16) fires antiaircraft gun. Destroyer fires antiaircraft gun. A sailor scans sky with binoculars.
U.S. Navy TBF Avenger and SB2C Helldiver land on deck of U.S. Task Force 38 carrier in Gulf of Leyte during World War II.
USN (United States Navy) Task Force 38 ships in Gulf of Leyte during World War II. USN TBF Avenger torpedo bomber and SB2C Helldiver dive bomber approach and land on deck. TBF makes one-wheel crash landing on deck. Ground crews work on wrecked aircraft.
U.S. Navy planes land on deck of U.S. Task Force 38 carrier in Gulf of Leyte during World War II.
United States Navy planes land on USN Task Force 38 carriers in Gulf of Leyte during World War 2. CVL (Light Aircraft Carrier) underway. Formation of planes. A Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver airplane is waved off during approach and executes go-around before landing on USS Essex. Crewmen examine battle damage on wings and around cockpits of an SB2C-5 aircraft (pilot Lt. Roger Noyes) parked on the flight deck. Pilot in F6F Hellcat fighter (with four rising sun flags for enemy kills on fuselage) awaits signal for takeoff. Formations of other aircraft returning to the carrier.
A fleet oiler re-fuels destroyer, USS Cooper (DD-695), underway at a sea in the United States.
Fueling of destroyer, USS Cooper (DD-695) underway at sea in the United States. Sailors aboard a destroyer ship. Officers maneuver the destroyer. An engineer involved in the preparations. An animated diagram shows information applicable when a destroyer takes on board fuel oil from a tanker alongside and both ships are underway. The small tanks are filled first. The officers work efficiently and wear life jackets. Men at forward fueling station. An animated diagram shows the course taken by the destroyer and the tanker. The animated diagram shows the collision of both ships. The heaving line and towing line are taken from the tanker to the destroyer ship. The free end of the messenger is returned to the destroyer. Sailors hold the fuel hose and take it to the tanks. A safe distance is maintained between the two ships. The straps are cut after refueling and the destroyer ship increases it's speed. (Note: The USS Cooper was torpedoed by the Japanese Destroyer, Take, during an engagement with Japanese naval forces in the Gulf of Leyte, on December 3, 1944. Reportedly, She exploded, split in two, and sank. Of her crew, only 168 could be rescued. The remaining 191 lost their lives.)
Smoking U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat lands on carrier underway in Gulf of Leyte, Philippines during World War II.
U.S. Task Force no. 38 ships head for Leyte, Philippines during World War II. Aerial view of Philippines Islands. USS Massachusetts (BB-59) underway. Smoking F6F Hellcat lands on flight deck of carrier.
U.S. corpsmen administer first aid to wounded men on flight deck of U.S. carrier underway off the coast of Leyte, Philippines.
U.S. Task Force ships off the coast of Leyte, Philippines during World War II. USS Princeton (CVL-23) afire. Corpsmen administer first aid to wounded sailors on flight deck.