Preparations for recommission of USS Midway (CV-41) in San Francisco. Sign board reads "USS Midway CVA-41 Modernization. San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard's Greatest Challenge. Scheduled completion June 1970." Workers and heavy equipment in use near the ship. View of USS Midway at port. Large rail crane in the background.
A convoy of LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands in World War II . Destroyer (ship). 5'' powder cans slide down the plank to destroyer alongside the LCI by U.S. Marines. LST (Landing Ship, Tank) transfers 5'' ammunition to destroyer alongside. Pile of ammunition on the Destroyer. Ammunition transferred to the nearby LCI.
Ship in the sea during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands. Explosion near a ship. Planes fly over the sea. U.S. Marine looks through the binoculars.
Explosions in water during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands. LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel ) carry U.S. Marines in sea. Casualties on stretcher transfer to LCVP alongside. LCVP with wounded soldiers aboard comes alongside. Marines transfer wounded soldiers. (World War II period).
U.S. naval bombardment supporting invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands, during World War 2. Smoke columns rise. Five inch guns on the destroyer USS Phelps, DD-360, firing. Plane makes bombing run on island. Expended ammunition cases on the deck of the USS Phelps.
World War II footage of tracers in sky during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands. Smoke rises at an island. Waves behind a LST (Landing Ship, Tank). Fire water hoses spraying on 5'' turret gun of U.S. Navy ship.
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