View of the aircraft carrier, USS Bunker Hill in dry dock at Bremerton, Washington. She is being repaired after being attacked by Japanese Kamikazes during the invasion of Okinawa in World War 2, in which suffered more than 600 casualties including 346 dead and 43 missing. View of the ship's captain, George Seitz, looking over the damage to the ship. Camera shows severe damage below decks of the Bunker Hill and outside, where the flight deck is seen completely destroyed and collapsed into the ship's interior. View of a large scoreboard displaying a Japanese flag for every enemy plane downed by crew of the Bunker Hill. A sailor totals them and writes "475" on the board. Crew members are massed on shore and wave enthusiastically about returning to sea and rejoining the battle against Japan. (Note: The USS Bunker Hill repairs were not completed until after the war ended.)
A liberty ship prepared for a voyage in New York, United States during World War II. Ship in the sea. Smoke from the stacks of ship. United States flag on the ship. War equipment loaded on the ship. Officers talk amongst themselves. They discuss a document. A sailor talks to an officer in the Ship personnel office. Officer talks on a phone. Merchant seamen hired in Union halls and through War Shipping administration offices. Other ships in the background. Crew members load goods and talk amongst themselves. Tank destroyers and bombs loaded on the ship and lashed down.
The five-inch-twenty-five Caliber gun on a submarine at sea, United States. A new submarine deck gun introduced for the United States navy. A submarine is seen surfacing from periscope depth. The new 25 caliber gun is shown from several angles. The safety depression stop switch is shown, which prevents the gun from hitting parts of the ship as it is turned. The minimum and maximum elevation of the gun is demonstrated. Closeup of a quick access panel being removed by a crewman.
Animation graphic describing how land sea and air information was coordinated to enable precise targeting of enemy positions by naval gunfire during the U.S. invasion of Okinawa, Japan in World War 2. U.S. minesweepers enable capital ships with heavy guns to safely operate close to enemy targets. Views of heavy naval gunfire. Advance of the Marine 3rd Amphibious Corps. U.S. troops, advancing slowly, routing out Japanese defenders dug in to caves and holes throughout Okinawa. Naval heavy guns were called upon to destroy these caves. Detailed live images include: Mine sweepers off Okinawa, sweeping for mines; heavy cruiser USS San Francisco, CA-38, under a head of steam and using signal lights; battleships fire at Okinawa; A bow view of a Tennessee Class battleship; battleship USS Nevada, BB-36, fires its main battery; closeup of a Cleveland Class light cruiser's main aft battery firing at Okinawa; stern view of the heavy cruiser USS Pensacola, CA-24, fires her aft main 8-inch/55 main battery; U.S. Marines on the march and blowing up caves; battleship USS New York, BB-34, fires her main battery; time 03:36 shows a Cleveland Class light cruiser firing its forward main 6-inch battery; time 03:30 shows the USS New York, BB-34, again; various naval guns fire and explosions on Okinawa are shown; time 04:08 shows the forward main deck, looking aft, of the USS Nevada, BB-36, with a Tennessee Class battleship in the background.
After taking of from the deck of the USS Princeton (CV-37) an F4U-5N aircraft crashes off flight deck starboard bow into the sea off the coast of Korea, during the Korean War. Splash in water. A helicopter hovers over the crashed plane. Helicopter lands on the flight deck. Men run to the helicopter. They carry the injured pilot on a stretcher.
U.S. Navy F4U aircraft of squadron VF-112 crashes in the water on takeoff. It plunges off forward end of flight deck into the sea off the coast of Korea. Splash in water. Tail section disappears in water. Helicopter hovers over the crashed plane. It lands on the flight deck. Men run towards the helicopter. They carry the injured pilot on a stretcher.
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