Several sailors are seen behind a gunwale watching a replenishment ship, off their ship's stern, to starboard, underway in choppy seas, as part of a convoy of U.S. warships in the Pacific Ocean, during World War II.
A print is put into a tray of developer. A U.S. Coast Guard photo technician developing a photograph in a laboratory dark room. He washes the print in the tray and then removes it. He picks up and examines the print. A Coast Guardsman, wearing a tropical pith helmet, carries a photographic print up the stairs of a wooden building with the sign: 'Radio Photo' on it. The room contains radio equipment. A Coast Guard technician, wearing a headset, places the print on the drum of a telephoto transceiver, where it spins. He does this several times.
Activities aboard U.S. Coast Guard operated Landing Ship Transport (LCT) and Attack Transport Ship (APA) in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. A Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Photographer, carrying a tripod and case, comes up to a gangway, he stops and then walks up the gangplank of the ship. He salutes the colors and then Officer Of the Deck (OOD). The deck of Attack Transport Ship (APA). Sailors lean against the rail. Another view of the photograper arriving, this time from the deck of the APA. U.S. troops in full battle gear, prepare to board Landing Landing Craft Tank (LCT- 1031) on a beach in the background. A gun tub on the bow of the LCT. Several men in the gun tub. Marines without packs go up a gangway to board the transport. OOD and marines pass in the foreground. A man walks up the gangway carrying a mail sack. The gangway removed from the pier. Personnel aboard look over side of the APA from the rails. The photographer sits with sailors and photographs the departure. Several sailors on the pier mug for the camera.
Two U.S. marines in combat gear (without packs) stand at railing of a Navy Attack Transport ship (APA) as it transits a channel in World War 2. Tropical-style dwellings are seen on shore. Numerous U.S. warships seen in a bay. Sailors and marines stand at the railing of the APA underway. White caps on the water. U.S. warships in the convoy viewed from stern of the APA. A United States Coast Guard photographer, on deck, looks through the lens of an Eyemo Q movie camera.
View of open bridge of a U.S. Attack Transport (APA). The Coast Guard Captain is conversing with another officer. The helmsman is at his station. View to port shows bow wave of the ship. A marine and Coast Guard telephone talker stand by the ship's 3"/50 caliber gun. (World War II period).
Activities aboard Attack Transport Ship (APA) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Three crew members seated, one looks at a book, the other two talk. A marine under a small piece of canvas on the deck reads a book. Crewman in cap and dungarees, wearing a headset, sits as lookout. Two crewmen dressed in loud shirts (for Equator-crossing Pollywog Initiation) invite another to sit for a haircut. He tells them to take off only a little, and sits in the chair. The would-be barber places a cloth around the initiate's neck and begins soaping his head with a shaving brush and mug.
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