USS Mount Baker (AE-4) approached for supply of ammunition by USS Mansfield (DD-728) during Operation Sea Dragon in Vietnam. Men on bridge look at USS Mount Baker. Mansfield approaches Mount Baker. High waves in sea hitting the ship. Men work with tangled line for line-throwing gun. Three men wearing life jackets and helmets. Mount Baker in background. Men pull small line.
USS Mount Baker (AE-4) supply ammunition to USS Mansfield (DD-728) during Operation Sea Dragon in Vietnam. Men pulling short line look towards Mount Baker. Men handling small line extended to Mount Baker. A '140' written flag on the line. Ammunition being hi-lined from Mount Baker. The stack of shells sways back and forth on hi-line. Shells reach the Mansfield. Cable passes through steel sheave. Ammunition received on deck. Bravo flag flies with another flag on the Mansfield. Men roll over ammunition crate. A man cuts wire strap of the crate using tin snips. Men pass shells to lower deck for storage. Another crate of ammunition received at Mansfield.
Crewmen on weather deck area of USS Mansfield (DD-728) in Vietnam. He and others wear flak jackets and helmets. Below him in background, the Mansfield fires a salvo to port, from a pair of her forward 5-inch guns. View downward to port side of lower deck, where empty shell casings are seen near the railing. The ship raises a sharp bow wave as she makes way at high speed. The USS Hanson (DD-832) a Gearing class Destroyeris seen at some distance. It maneuvers about and comes closer to the Mansfield (from which the photos are being taken). Wind is picking up and white caps appear on the water. Ensign G J Groves, is seen at the Mk 37 Director position above the bridge of the Mansfield. Views of him communicating from that position. A sailor mans an M2 50 cal machine gun set up at a railing of the Mansfield. He sights the weapon but does not fire. An officer appears wearing a black cap with gold "scrambled eggs" on the bill and "Comdes Div, 152" inscribed on the front (Commander Destroyer Division 152). He issues some instructions to crew members. (Note: Records indicate that the Captain of the USS Mansfield was Commander Donald P. Nellis during this period.)
USS Mount Baker (AE-4) is approached by USS Mansfield (DD-728) for supply of ammunition during Operation Sea Dragon in Vietnam. Mount Baker underway at high speed. Officers and men on bridge of AE-4. Working party of 5 men pulling a line on lower deck on DD-728. Men pull a small messenger line from AE-4. Men wearing life-jackets work with small lines. A stack of 5-inch shells high-lined from the AE-4 to DD-728.
5-inch shells high-lined from the USS Mount Baker (AE-4) to USS Mansfield (DD-728) during Operation Sea Dragon in Vietnam. The ammunition stack lifted from AE-4 and moves on cable. It swings on the cable. It reaches DD-728 and lands on a mattress set up on deck. Men unhook the stack from high-line. Another stack arrives. Men unfasten the hook and release the rig. The rig returns. The two ships underway in water. A man wearing helmet sits on deck of DD-728 and looks at AE-4. View of AE-4 from DD-728.
The USS Mansfield (DD-728) fires a salvo, from 5-inch guns, to port at nighttime, during Operation Sea Dragon, in the Vietnam War. The firing generates a fireball and brown smoke that slowly drifts away to port. Next, are several scenes from the bridge of the Mansfield, looking down on her twin 5-inch gun turrets turned forward. These are taken as dawn gradually increases the ambient light. A sailor is seen at the Mk 37 Director position above the bridge of the Mansfield. The film ends with numerous views of a U.S. Army Cessna O-1E/L-19 observation plane making passes, at low altitude, near and above the Mansfield.