The United States aircraft carrier Franklin D Roosevelt.(CVA-42) Three sailors on the signal bridge talk to each other. One sailor in the background sends out semaphore as he waves two flags. Inside a ship office, a clerk typist transcribes correspondence. flight deck control officer gives instructions referring to a model of the flight deck ("Ouija board"), Pilots in ready room,converse.
Battle of Santa Cruz Islands in the Pacific during World War 2. Survivors from the abandoned aircraft carrier USS Hornet, CV-8, are being transferred, from the port side of the USS Russell, DD-414 (one of the destroyers that rescued them) to the starboard side of the cruiser USS Northampton (CL-26), by means of lines and breeches buoy. After several are transferred, this way, some wounded on litters are also transferred. Initial views are toward the Russell's stern, from the deck of the Northampton, where sailors are handling lines. Camera pans as survivors move across the space between the ships and are lowered to the Northampton deck. View from Northampton toward bow of Russell, showing two of her single turret 8-inch guns (one pointed up) as a litter passes between the ships. (Camera changes viewpoint occasionally.) An officer transfers on a bosun chair, followed by a sailor. In the final seconds, the USS Salt Lake City (CV-25) is seen in the background.
Activity aboard United States battleship New Mexico before the invasion of Guam during World War 2. U.S. Sailors aboard the New Mexico recover fired and hot 5-inch powder cases in cans on board the ship. They place and stack cans on the deck of the ship.
Activity aboard United States battleship New Mexico before the invasion of Guam in Pacific Theater during World War 2. The New Mexico, BB-40, fires her 5-inch/51 casemate mounted guns. Time 00:28 shows a stern view of the battleship USS Mississippi, BB-41.
Aerial views of U.S. fleet in bay near Ulithi Island in the Pacific during World War Two. Aerial view of the U.S. Cruiser, USS Chester (CA-27) underway.
USS Shangri La (CV-38) returns to the United States. A U.S. Navy Blimp flies above the USS Shangri-La. Decorative string of balloons above ship. U.S. aircraft on flight deck. U.S. Navy blimp flies with welcome sign above the USS Shangri La (CV-38). 'USS Shangri La' written on the ship. Workers aboard ship. Tugboat alongside the ship. A crowd at the pier welcomes ships and personnel.
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