View from above of the U.S. Navy Gato class submarine Redfin, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, where it is being converted to a radar picket boat. Workers stand above the hull, which has been cut in half. Next, the two halves of the hull are seen being moved apart to facilitate addition of a 34 foot extension in the hull between the control room and the forward batteries. View of derricks and cranes around the Redfin and of Workers standing atop the boat's hull. Camera pans to closeup of one half of the boat as it is being winched away from the other, along a steel rail. View from below the bow. View from floor showing the two halves of the hull separated. Workers sketch diagram in chalk on floor of drydock. Scaffolding shown in place around the opening between the hull halves. Worker cutting steel plate with acetylene torch. A steel plate affixed to the hull, showing the name, USS Redfin (SSR-272) and the schedule for the project. The only item completed is the start date of May 1st. Workers engaged in fabricating the new section of hull.
A ceremony aboard the light cruiser, USS Philadelphia, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A Brazilian dignitary shakes hands with U.S. naval officers. The deck is completely filled with U.S. and Brazilian sailors and honored guests. A Catholic Priest blesses the newly commissioned ship. A U.S. Navy Admiral gives a speech. A sailor hoists the Brazilian flag on the mast of the former USS Philadelphia, now the Brazilian Barrosa (C-11) . The Brazilian official gives a speech. View from across the docks, of the Barrosa.
A college football game between the Princeton Tigers and the University of Pennsylvania football team at Franklin Field, Philadelphia. The game in progress. Spectators in the stands cheer for the players. The Princeton Tigers defeats the University of Pennsylvania football team by a score of 13-7.
United States Navy aircraft carrier Langley (CVL-27) being activated at Philadelphia Navy shipyard in Pennsylvania prior to transfer to France. A yard worker sprays deck plates of the carrier. The yard workers work on the deck of the carrier. A gun director being hoisted off the carrier and being placed on flat cap on the pier. Cocoons being removed from the gun mount by a crane. The gun mount being swung outboard by a large crane.
United States Navy aircraft carrier Langley (CVL-27) being activated at Philadelphia Navy shipyard in Pennsylvania prior to transfer to France. A French officer and navy men on the pier at Philadelphia Navy yard. The officer reviews the navy men lined up on the pier. The officer at a blackboard in a classroom as he briefs the navy men.
United States Navy aircraft carrier Langley (CVL-27) being activated at Philadelphia Navy shipyard in Pennsylvania prior to transfer to France. The aircraft carrier Langley alongside the dock as a large crane swings outboard. Men on a scaffold as they sand blast the hull from a barge. Cocoons being removed from around a gun. Yard workers assist in removing the cocoons and lower them to the pier. An armor plate being removed from around the gun. A large cocoon being removed from a gun mount by a crane. The cocoon being lowered to the pier.