Operation Crossroads following atomic test "Able." LlST-545, USS Fillmore (APA-83), and the Navy hospital ship USS Bountiful (AH-9).
The USS Randolph (CV-15) hit by a Japanese Yokosuka P1Y " Frances", twin-engine kamikaze bomber, on her starboard side,aft, just below the flight deck, as she was anchored at Ulithi, during World War 2. Flames appear in the dark aboard the carrier as firefighters work in the area under searchlights. Later scene shows crew members silhouetted against orange flames as they fight the fire. It appears to come under control, but several small explosions propel burning objects aloft, and flames continue to break out. (Note: 25 crew were killed and 106 wounded during this incident.)
Atomic bomb testing on Bikini Island. View of island of Bikini from an aircraft. Battleships and other Naval vessels. Animated drawing showing action of atomic bomb on Naval vessels. A small Naval ship and the hoisting of the American flag. Officers and one civilian ride in the back of a boat and observe a small destroyer in the background. An officer and an enlisted man checking passes at the cabin door. The removal of a padlock. Officers and enlisted men operating electronic instruments. Officers and enlisted men look through telescopes. Cameramen and cameras on lower deck. Atomic bomb exploding. Several naval vessels underway. Officers using Geiger counter to test radioactivity. An officer observing the damage done by atomic bomb. Damaged Navy ships. Explosion of an atomic bomb. Huge tidal wave is formed which sweeps the decks of ships nearby.
USS Mississinewa burns after being hit by a Kaiten Kamikaze torpedo in the Ulithi harbor during World War II. The black smoke and flame rises from USS Mississinewa. Smoke in sky from the burning ship. Smoke and flames rise from burning ship. Destroyers underway in the background. The ship burns. A U.S. soldier in the foreground. He points out at the burning USS Mississinewa. Two soldiers look at the ship as it burns. Black smoke and flame rises from the burning ship. A soldier looks at USS Mississinewa Tracers fire in sky. Smoke and flames rise.
The U.S. task force advances in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A tanker burns in the Ulithi harbor. Black smoke pouring up from the ship. Other ships surround the area. The tanker burns. A Destroyer drops ash cans (depth charges). Explosions going off behind another ship.
Smoke arises from burning USS Mississinewa at Ulithi in Pacific. It was torpedoed. Other ships pass nearby at sea. Huge smoke column rises from the burning ship. Other ships in the background.