U.S. Naval operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II. United States Task Force underway consisting of APs (transports), AKs (cargo ships), and LCs (Landing Crafts). A group of navy officers on the deck of a ship.
Sequence taken from the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis, CA-35 at Majuro Atoll, Mashall Islands, during World War 2. Time 00:05 to 00:11 starboard view of an Essex class aircraft carrier with the battleship USS Iowa, BB-61 on the horizon. Time 00:12 to 00:14 starboard view of an Independence class light aircraft carrier. Time 00:31 to 00:50 stern view of the battleship USS New Jersey, BB-62, in all blue measure 21 camouflage. Time 00:51 to 00:55 port side view of the battleship USS Tennessee, BB-43, in measure 32/1d camouflage, with a Cleveland class light cruiser in the background off the stern. Time 00:56 to 00:57 Left to right, Essex class aircraft carrier; battleship USS Colorado, BB-45, in measure 32/16d camouflage; battleship USS Pennsylvania, BB-38, tied up next to a cargo ship; Essex class aircraft carrier. Time 00:58 to 01:04 another port side view of the battleship USS Tennessee, BB-43, in measure 32/1d camoflage. Time 01:06 to 01:11 port side view of the light cruiser USS Santa Fe, CL-60. Time 01:15 to 01:17 stern view of the light cruiser USS Mobile, CL-63. Time 01:18 to 01:51 now tied up next to the cargo ship already replenishing ammunition of the battleship USS Pennsylvania, tied up on the other side.
U.S. Navy Admirals aboard a cruiser off the coast after the invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War 2. U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Admiral Raymond Spruance with U.S. Fleet. Admiral Ernest King aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) anchored. Ships of U.S. Task Force in the background. Navy Hospital Ship USS Relief (AH-1) lying off-shore.
Survivors of USS Indianapolis (CA-35) disembark at Apra Harbor in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. USS Tranquillity (AH-14) enters the harbor to dock. It comes alongside the dock. The stern of the ship displays its name. The Union Jack flies from a jackstaff. Three nurses stand at the rail of the main deck aboard the ship. A gangway as landing stages are placed aboard USS Tranquillity. Survivors of USS Indianapolis (CA-35) disembark from the ship. Hospital corpsmen carry stretcher cases along the dock. Ambulances backed up to the gangway ladder on the dock as the hospital corpsmen place stretcher cases in the ambulances.
Survivors of USS Indianapolis at a naval base hospital in Peleliu, Palau towards the end of World War II. The survivors of USS Indianapolis (CA-35) lying on beds in quonset hospital. Three men in oxygen tents.
Survivors of USS Indianapolis in Peleliu, Palau towards the end of World War II. Hospital ship USS Tranquillity (AH-14) docked (sometimes misspelled as USS Tranquility). Boats in davits on a boat deck. A Red Cross flag flies from a yardarm. Stretcher cases being hoisted aboard.
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