Officers aboard U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier, USS Langley (CV-1). View of the Langley passing through the Gaillard Cut in the Panama Canal, her deck filled with airplanes, en route to join the Pacific Fleet. Activities aboard the Langley as U.S. Navy works to refine carrier operations. Numerous views of Landing mishaps, including landing hook problems, nose-overs, wings striking deck, power-on stalls, and even a VE-7 ditching in water between the Langley and a U.S. Destroyer.
"Crossing the Line" initiation ceremony on a cruise ship. Shipboard ceremony marking the equator crossing. Passengers who have never crossed the equator before are "pollywogs" and initiated into the Kingdom of Neptune, by being messed up and tossed into the ship's pool, by members of "Neptune's Court" who wear masks and costumes and make fun of the whole event. A woman and a man are seen being dunked in the pool. Men play instruments.
Lines stretched between the U.S. battleship, USS North Carolina (BB-55), and a destroyer, to facilitate transfer of personnel. Heavy smoke billowing from the USS Wasp (CV-7) after she is struck by three torpedoes from the Japanese submarine I-19, in World War 2. A U.S. destroyer moves into position near the Wasp. Views, from a nearby ship, of the Wasp, listing, and of severe damage to her hull. Oil burns on the water ahead of Wasp. Lines extend from her deck and sides as her crew abandons ship. Fire and explosions continue and consume the USS Wasp.
Sailors relaxing on flight deck of the USS Wasp (CV-18) in final days of World War 2. An F6F behind them with wings folded. Ship's Island displays numerous nautical signal flags. Sailors in bathing suits watching some activity taking place below, on the hangar deck.
Fleet Carrier Air Group 86 (CVG-86) embarked on the USS Wasp (CV-18) at end of World War 2. A pilot of Squadron VF-86, sits in an F6F with engine running, on flight deck of the Wasp. He runs the engine a while, then shuts it down, and climbs down from the aircraft. Another pilot greets him and they both walk across the deck together. An F4U, Corsair (Number 154) of Fighting Bombing Squadron 86 (VBF-86) takes off, followed by another (number 155). Next, a TBM-3E Avenger (number 301) of VT-86, takes off, followed by numbers 303, and 314. An SB2C-4 Helldiver (number 210) is the next to take off. View aft, shows sailors working around an F6F; a tug driving along the flight deck; and a destroyer (looks like Fletcher-class) underway in far background.
F6F aircraft being recovered on the deck of the USS Hancock (CV19) during World War 2. One F6F Hellcat simply flies past, overhead, and drops a message on the deck. A crew man collects the message and runs back across the deck, with it.
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