Anti-submarine warfare exercises in United States. Aircraft in flight. USS Abbott (DD-629) leads the column of Destroyer ships. USS Lake Champlain (CVS -39) underway. U.S. Navy S2F Anti-submarine warfare aircraft land on flight deck.
Anti-submarine warfare exercises in United States. U.S. Navy S2F Anti-submarine warfare aircraft in flight. USS Hazelwood (DD-531) underway. USS Sea Poacher (SS-406) underway on surface. USS Sea Poacher submerges and then comes to the surface. S2F aircraft fires rockets. Rockets strike the water. Anti-submarine depth charges dropped by S2F.
Air operations aboard USS Constellation (CVA-64) at Yankee Station, Vietnam. U.S. cargo aircraft C-2A comes in over the flight deck for landing. C-2A makes a touch-and-go landing. C-2A aircraft in flight. Men wearing green shirt in the foreground. Men on catwalk and on the port edge of the flight deck.
United States Navy's Search and Rescue mission to rescue a pilot shot down in North Vietnam. U.S. Navy helicopter in flight above water. Pilot in the cockpit. Men on deck of aircraft carrier. Helicopter approaches the aircraft carrier. Men on deck anchor a pipe in a hook. The pipe is hauled up on the helicopter. The men in helicopter put the pipe for refueling.
Search and rescue efforts after the destruction of Texas Tower Number 4, a U.S. Air Force Air Defense Command Offshore Radar station, in 1961. It was located off Long Island (39degrees48'N 72degrees40'W) and operated by airmen of the 646th Radar Squadron. It had experienced structural difficulties including damage from Hurricane Donna, on September 12, 1960 and was being scheduled for repair or dismantling. The USNS New Bedford and the USS Wasp were in the vicinity, on January 15, 1961, when the storm caused the Tower to collapse and sink.But they were unable to save anyone. In subsequent search and rescue operations, after the storm, The USS Sunbird (ASR-15) submarine rescue ship is seen at the site, along with sailors in a motor whaleboat from the USS Blandy (DD-943). A helicopter from the USS Wasp (CV-18)flies overhead. A scuba diver surfaces near the whaleboat and is taken aboard. A motor whaleboat from the USS Sunbird maneuvers in rough water. Whaleboats seen returning sailors and divers to the Sunbird.
U.S. Navy PN flying boat hoisted aboard a battleship in United States. Sailors aboard the battleship. They make space for the flying boat. Scouting plane in flight. View of water and land below. Pilot seated in the cockpit.
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