Ships at anchor in island area. LCI underway. Tugs approach and ship is moored using hawsers.
Allied invasion of Iheya-Jima Island late during World War II. Allied troops aboard a Landing Ship Tank (LST) underway at sea. Other vessels underway with the coast in the background. Smoke rises as beach comes under heavy bombardment. Antiaircraft gun fired. Flak bursts and smoke rises.
Bombardment by U.S. 3rd Marine Division on Iwo Jima. Hospital ship USS Samaritan (AH-10) in foreground. Other ships in the bay. Fire in the background. An invasion fleet off Iwo Jima. Fire burns on the island. (World War II period).
USS Block Island loaded with P-47 Thunderbolts arrives in Belfast, Ireland. The ship near the pier. A P-47 is lowered on the dock by a crane. A tractor tows the P-47 from the dock. The crane is unhooked from the plane by an airman. P-47s on a field.
Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by U.S. forces during World War II. A U.S. BB (battleship) shells the beach. Mount Surabachi being attacked by shell fire. Smoke rising from Iwo Jima island.
U.S. Navy fleet struck by a typhoon in the Pacific, during World War II. The rough waters in the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Navy fleet of ships hit by a typhoon. The typhoon hits the U.S. Navy 3rd Fleet withdrawing after the attack on Aguni in Ryukyu Islands in Okinawa. Water lashes at the bow of a battleship. Large waves crashing over bow of ships. Battleships, cruisers, destroyers and carriers in the fleet hit by the typhoon. Water rushes on the bow of USS Massachusetts. Men on the ship trying to cover themselves. The seaplanes on the stern of the ship being wrecked on the launcher. The battleship USS Indiana fighting the heavy waters. The aircraft carriers damaged by the typhoon. The bow of the cruiser USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) in the rough waters. The seaplanes on the stern being damaged. One of the aircraft on the launcher. Other seaplanes being wrecked on the deck. The bow of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Bennington get damaged. An aircraft takes off from the deck of the carrier which is undamaged. The steel girders supporting the deck is bent and twisted. The carrier at sea. The wrecked section hangs over the bow. The crew of the carrier USS Hornet repairing the damage. The aircraft wreckage on the stern of the ship. Men inspecting the damage. Navy personnel on parts of the aircraft on the deck. The USS Pittsburgh being brought by a Navy tug to a floating dry dock for repair. A temporary step bow is put on USS Pittsburgh.
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