Admiral H. A. Wiley, Commander in Chief of U.S. fleet and officers on bridge of USS Saratoga. Group of fighter craft on flight deck, motors warm up, prepares to take off. Fighter aircraft lands on deck of USS Saratoga. Aircrafts take off from flight deck. Aircrafts pass over arrestor cables on flight deck. Shows obsolete type of arresting device.
Flight deck crews move several F4U aircraft around flight deck of USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116). Several deck crew members accompany an F4U on elevator down to hangar deck. Landing Signal officer guides approaching helicopter. A Sikorsky HO3S-1 helicopter lands on the flight deck. Several of the ship's officers greet passenger from the helicopter and accompany him across the flight deck. F4Us seen on deck with wings folded.
USS Chara (AKA-58) comes alongside the USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) for a transfer of supplies and ammo. Bridge of Chara. DA Men approach lines. Gear transferred via lines. Gear on lines in cargo nets, lowered to carrier flight deck. F4Us on flight deck with folded wings.
F4Us on flight deck of USS Badoeng Strait, with folded wings. Men stack ammo on the deck. Gear comes aboard carrier via lines.
U.S. Marine Corps F4U Corsair airplane is catapulted from flight deck of the USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-166) in waters off Korea. Another Corsair is catapulted. Its tail code: "WS" clearly visible, identifying it as belonging to Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-323 (Deathrattlers). View from further aft, with carrier island at to starboard, as another F4U is catapulted. Other Corsairs taxi forward toward the catapults. After another F4U is catapulted, a flight of four, in formation,flies over the carrier. Deck crew members stand and converse. Another formation of four Corsairs flies past overhead. Deck crews cleanup and prepare for aircraft recoveries.
Pier manned in the far background. Men mill around on pier. Large warehouse in the background. Men disembark from USS Badoeng Strait onto the pier. Men come down the gangway. Gear stacked on pier.
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