A U.S. Navy Task Force underway in the Pacific Ocean off the shore of Saipan, Mariana Islands during the Battle of Saipan of World War II. The task force crew fires artillery. Smoke rising in the background. Battleships and destroyers underway. Men put out fire on a 5" turret using a hose. A landing craft underway. Men carry empty ammunition crates.
A U.S. Navy Task Force in the Pacific Ocean off the shore of Saipan, Mariana Islands during the Battle of Saipan of World War 2. Heavy Cruiser, USS Indianapolis, CA-35,seen in camouflage paint. Smoke rising ashore, from naval guns firing. Shell splashes in water from Japanese shore battery. The U.S. cruiser and Japanese shore battery exchange fire. Much smoke rising on shore from naval gun strikes. A Tennessee class battleship in camouflage is illuminated by sunlight against dark background. Sunlight frames clouds.
A U.S. Navy Task Force underway in the Pacific Ocean off the shore of Saipan, Mariana Islands during the Battle of Saipan of World War II. A U.S. Navy observation floatplane OS2U Kingfisher is catapulted. A BB (battleship) fires. An LST (Landing Ship Tank), LCIs (Landing Craft Infantry) and LCs (Landing Crafts) underway. Mounted guns on the battleship. An airplane bombs the island. Transport area, LSTs, LCI, and LCs.
A CURV III (Cable controlled Underwater Research Vehicle) aboard USS Opportune in the Atlantic Ocean. Hands of a man working with wires. Three members of U.S. Naval Undersea Center (NUC) –a technician has a note pad while others are working with wires. Hands of the technician holding a group of wires and a continuity checker. Two technicians working with wires. The third man in the background. A technician working on the deck of USS Opportune (Salvage Vessel). Gear on the deck of the ship. Hands of a man holding a metal object over the deck. A technician working on the deck. Other technicians and a crewman in the background. Two technicians working with an object on the deck. A heavy, round metal object in the hands of a technician. Another technician attaching a small white line to the metal object. The technicians working on the deck around the CURV III. A man works with wrenches on side of the CURV III. The claws of the CURV III. A technician working with a wrench on the CURV III. Two technicians working on a large shackle attaching objects with a line. A group of men gathered around the CURV III. The technicians standing at a side of the CURV III.
A CURV III (Cable controlled Underwater Research Vehicle) aboard USS Opportune in the Atlantic Ocean. The CURV III on the deck. Technicians seen working with the vehicle. A technician working behind a scanner in operation on the CURV III during a test. Over side of USS Opportune (Salvage Vessel) showing weighted objects being lowered. The research vehicle on the deck with crewmen and technicians around it. The scanner in operation on the front of the CURV III. Three technicians in foul weather clothing chatting on the deck near the research vehicle. The bottom of the CURV III with men working nearby. The CURV III being picked up from the deck and swinging over the deck. A man in the background giving hand signals. Cables in the foreground. A windlass is turning, bringing a lifting cable in. The CURV III is hanging, ready to be put over side. A man tending a line in the foreground. The CURV III being put over a side, moving on surface. The surface of water from life lines area in the foreground.
Operations conducted on a CURV III (Cable controlled Underwater Research Vehicle) aboard USS Opportune in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. NUC (Naval Undersea Center) technicians on the deck of USS Opportune. A man standing near a life line. Cables extending into water, leading to CURV III which is submerged. Men standing on the deck. Several men working in the bow area of the ship. A bearded civilian in a tan coat standing. Cables hanging in the foreground. Black electrical cables hanging over a unit. Men working with a heavy block. A cable running down into water. A mass of black electrical cables in a container. The cables leading into water. Technicians working around the block. A cable coiled in a unit, being payed out, up the deck area, by a personnel on board. A basket containing CURV III cables. Men nearby. A winch head; several strands of line around the winch head. A civilian in the background tending a line. A steel block secured to the deck with a line running through the block. A black cable being payed out from the basket by a technician. A black cable and a lift cable secured together. A technician working.
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