Capabilities of U.S. amphibious vehicles carried by landing ships, United States. LVTP-5 (Landing Vehicle Tracked Personnel-5) moves up a beach. LVTP-5 leaves beach and goes in surf. LVTA-5 (Landing Vehicle Tracked Armored-5) moves up on a beach. LVTA-5 equipped with a howitzer.
Capabilities of U.S. amphibious vehicles carried by landing ships, United States. DUKWs (six-wheel drive amphibious trucks) loaded with troops as it heads for beach. Ships in the background. Artillery gun on DUKW at beach.
U.S. ships, crafts, and amphibious vehicles used to carry out an amphibious operation on foreign land, United States. Specially equipped U.S. ships designated as Control Ships depicts DEC (Control Escort Vessel) underway at sea. PCEC (Patrol Craft Escort Communication ship) underway at sea. Taskforce vessels scattered at sea. Ships used for amphibious operations including AGC (Amphibious Force Flagship), APA (Attack Personnel Transport ship), AKA (Attack Cargo Ship), LSD (Dock Landing Ship), APD (High Speed Transport), LST (Landing Ship Tank), and LSM (Landing Ship Medium). Landing Crafts include LCU (Landing Craft Utility), LCM-6 (Landing Craft Mechanized Mark-6), LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel), LCPR (Landing Craft Personnel Ramped), LCPL (Landing Craft Personnel Large). Landing Vehicles includes LVT 3-C (Landing Vehicles Tracked Mark 3-C), LVTP-5 (Landing Vehicle Tracked Personnel Mark-5), LVTA-5 (Landing Vehicle Tracked Armored Mark-5), and DUKW (six-wheel drive amphibious truck). Control Ships DEC and PCEC.
A training film based on biological warfare defense in the United States. U.S. Navy sailors and officers lined up aboard a ship. Animation depicts U.S. Navy ships underway and an enemy airplane releasing a cloud which is an aerosol spray containing disease producing agents. Various pictures showing BW (biological warfare) attacks on U.S. fleet underway. Medics treat navy personnel aboard a ship.
A training film based on biological warfare defense and decontamination of U.S. ships in the United States. A U.S. Task Force underway. U.S. officers look through binoculars. An officer turns on a chemical alarm aboard a ship. Gun crews put on their protective gas masks.
A training film based on biological warfare defense and decontamination of U.S. ships in the United States. Animation depicts a U.S. Navy officer drawing BW (Biological Warfare) agents into his respiratory system through nose and mouth. Use of protective gas masks which filter BW agents. BW agents enter the body through various portals. Animation depicts BW agents entering body through a cut on the body. Gun crews of a ship. It is explained how protection below the deck can be achieved. The working of an electrostatic precipitator is explained. Animation depicts an enemy airplane releasing a cloud of aerosol spray containing disease producing agents over a U.S. ship underway in sea. Demonstration by a ship equipped with a water curtain shows high pressure nozzles flooding the decks of the ship with water so that the BW particles which fell over the ship are washed over side.