The Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center at Melville in Rhode Island, United States. Trainees play with a large ball. 'PT' written on the ball. A boxing championship with onlookers watching. A board reads 'Men Working' with trainees reading papers in the background. An officer looks through a sextant. The trainees speak over wireless phones. A trainee reads a book 'Rules of the Road'. The trainee bumps into an officer while walking on a road reading his book. They learn to handle large torpedoes.
The Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center at Melville in Rhode Island, United States. Trainees undergo diving training. An instructor explains how to work with a helmet. One of the trainee dons a diving helmet and goes into water. The trainees learn to repair the motor of a boat. They learn sign language. An officer reviews the trainees and sailors standing in a line.
The Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center at Melville in Rhode Island, United States. Trainees undergo squadron maneuvers. A number of Patrol Torpedo Boats underway. One of them gives flag signals. A trainee on a wheel. The trainees fire at objects as a part of their training. Officers read their marks from a paper on a board. Two trainees use a broom as their rifles and practice target shooting. (World War II period).
U.S. Navy Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center at Melville in Rhode Island, United States. Trainees undergo squadron maneuvers. A number of Patrol Torpedo Boats underway. One of the Patrol Torpedo Boat takes a sharp turn in front of other boats advancing in a line. A trainee named Smith operates a gun on a boat and shoots a target in the air. (World War 2 period.)
A Patrol Torpedo Boat crew is ready for a battle against the Japanese in the Pacific Theater during World War II. An officer hands out certificates to trainees on the graduation day. The trained crew arrives at an island to fight the enemy. The crew disembarks from a ship and gets on a Patrol Torpedo Boat. 'Waldorf Astoria' written on the door as a sailor shuts it. A gunner named Richard comes next to the man on the wheel. Richard removes a kitten from under his shirt. An officer looks through binoculars and spots an enemy tanker. The crew comes on the deck and prepares to battle. The gunner fires at the enemy ship. The crew fires a torpedo at the enemy ship.
U.S. Patrol Torpedo Boat training crew at sea in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The crew spots an enemy submarine and heads towards it. The crew speeds the Patrol Torpedo Boat towards the enemy submarine. The enemy submarine goes into water for a crash dive. Point of view shot from camera on submarine as it dives underwater. Above surface, a gunner fires at the enemy. The crew could not fire a torpedo hence they throw a depth charger in the direction of the submarine. Three depth chargers are dropped on the enemy submarine.
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