U.S. Aircraft Carrier, USS Midway (CVB-41). Activity on flight deck which is crowded with North American AJ (A-2) Savage twin engine prop aircraft. Also seen are an F9F Panther and an F2H-3B jet. An F2H jet is set on a catapult. (It has number 57 painted on nose and XC on its tail.) Flight Deck Crew members surround the aircraft. Under deck crew direction, the nose of aircraft is raised to an elevated attitude. Deck crew clears away from the aircraft, launch officer signals, and the F2H-3B aircraft catapults from the ship's deck.
A North American AJ (A-2) aircraft makes a long low final approach and lands on the flight deck of USS Midway CVB-41 in the Atlantic.
Two F2H Banshees and one AJ Savage aircraft are catapulted from the deck of USS Midway (CVB-41). Another F2H is readied for catapulting.
An AJ Savage aircraft lands on the USS Midway (CVB-41). Another is seen in a landing pattern around the ship. Two F2H banshee aircraft land on the carrier. One is seen taxiing on the deck after landing.
President Harry S. Truman, in shirt and tie, without his jacket, and wearing a sailors hat, strolls along the deck of the heavy cruiser, USS Augusta(CA-31) as she makes way in the Atlantic headed toward Europe, following the end of World War 2. A member of his party points out something of interest on the deck. The Augusta test firing her 5 inch guns. Turret 3 main battery 8 inch 55 caliber guns fire one salvo. Views of bow waves and ship's wake astern, as the Augusta and accompanying ships proceed at 27 knots.
A Catholic Chaplain conducts a mass on board a ship in English Channel as the troops proceed to launch an invasion on France during World War II. United States Navy sailors offer prayers on the deck of the ship. Sailors on knees read a prayer from a book.
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