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.)
Christening ceremony at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bremerton, Washington. People crowd at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bremerton. The Navy officers and sailors seated on chairs. A woman and two Navy officers stand on a platform. The woman christens the ships. Two women stand holding bouquets. The destroyers are lowered into the water.
Testing of a new propeller in Bremerton, Washington. View of the newly developed propeller for the U.S. Navy. A professor of Washington University, the inventor of the propeller, beside the device. View of the blades of the propeller, changing the pitch of which changes the course of the ship. A landing craft on which the propeller is tested. The landing craft moving forward on the water. The professor with another man on the craft. The craft turning the direction by changing the pitch of the blades. Men beside the propeller.
Visitors board and crowd the deck of the USS Wasp (CV-18) in June, 1945, near the end of world War II. The Wasp is about to depart again, for the Western Pacific, following repairs at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington. Two U.S. marines are escorting two women, and showing them an F4U Corsair airplane on the deck. Some of the visitors look up toward the camera. The aircraft on deck have been arranged for this static display. visitors are seen departing across a gangplank. Views from deck of the Wasp, of Navy personnel on the pier, below. Camera pans across the pier where spectators still stand. A few people stand on the water side of a building. A large group of visitors coming up from the hangar deck. Civilians and sailors wave at the camera. Visitors leaving the carrier on the gangplank.
U.S. ships and boats in Pearl Harbor during World War II. Tugs tow the battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48) away from pier. She had been refloated, completed temporary repairs at Navy dry dock number 1, and is now proceeding to the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, for final repairs and modernization. The ship's complement of officers and sailors line her decks.
Exterior and interior views of the MV Kalakala, an Art Deco styled ferry boat of the Black Ball Line, seen underway in Seattle, Washington during its inaugural run carrying passengers and cars on the Puget Sound to Bremerton. Captain Wallace Mangan seen on the navigation bridge. Men and women aboard the boat. Views of the open air Palm Room on the Promenade Deck, its main staircase, and a white-coated waiter working in the Palm Room. People milling about on the deck of the ferry, some seated and some standing. An outside walkway on the side of the ferry. Patrons enjoying the busy Double Horseshoe Cafe, located on the promenade deck. Another steamer ship underway as seen from a window. People wave aboard the Kalakala, the world's first streamlined Art Deco ferry.
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