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USS Maryland, BB-46, fires main battery guns and another Battleship fires secondary battery, in World War II

U.S. Capital ships practicing for the invasion of Tarawa in World War 2. A battleship fires her secondary battery of 5-inch/45 caliber (maybe USS Colorado, BB-45). Battleship, USS Maryland, BB-46, fires her main battery of 16-inch/45 caliber guns.

Date: 1943, November 5
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027742
Battleships USS Colorado and USS Maryland in column with other ships at sea in Pacific during World War II.

Column of U.S. ships at sea in Pacific Theater during World War 2. Battleship ahead is the USS Maryland, BB-46, ahead of her are three destroyers. Sailors on the USS Colorado (BB-45) stand near 5 inch/25 caliber gun position during practice firing.

Date: 1943, November 5
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027745
Coordinating naval gunfire during U.S. invasion of Okinawa in World War II. Destroying enemy caves and hideouts

Animation graphic describing how land sea and air information was coordinated to enable precise targeting of enemy positions by naval gunfire during the U.S. invasion of Okinawa, Japan in World War 2. U.S. minesweepers enable capital ships with heavy guns to safely operate close to enemy targets. Views of heavy naval gunfire. Advance of the Marine 3rd Amphibious Corps. U.S. troops, advancing slowly, routing out Japanese defenders dug in to caves and holes throughout Okinawa. Naval heavy guns were called upon to destroy these caves. Detailed live images include: Mine sweepers off Okinawa, sweeping for mines; heavy cruiser USS San Francisco, CA-38, under a head of steam and using signal lights; battleships fire at Okinawa; A bow view of a Tennessee Class battleship; battleship USS Nevada, BB-36, fires its main battery; closeup of a Cleveland Class light cruiser's main aft battery firing at Okinawa; stern view of the heavy cruiser USS Pensacola, CA-24, fires her aft main 8-inch/55 main battery; U.S. Marines on the march and blowing up caves; battleship USS New York, BB-34, fires her main battery; time 03:36 shows a Cleveland Class light cruiser firing its forward main 6-inch battery; time 03:30 shows the USS New York, BB-34, again; various naval guns fire and explosions on Okinawa are shown; time 04:08 shows the forward main deck, looking aft, of the USS Nevada, BB-36, with a Tennessee Class battleship in the background.

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 4 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027749
F9F aircraft hits barrier after landing on deck of USS Princeton (CV-37) off coast of Korea

F9F-2 aircraft of U.S. Navy squadron VF-112 lands on flight deck of the USS Princeton off the coast of Korea, during Korean War. Aircraft hits the barrier. The plane, with wings forward, it towed on the flight deck and damage to right wing and tail are visible. Deck crew gathered around the plane. Deck crew repairing the barrier.

Date: 1951, February 13
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027758
Crash landing of F4F-3 aircraft on deck of the Aircraft Carrier, USS Wasp (CV-7) during World War II

A U.S. F4F-3 aircraft crash lands on deck of the USS Wasp (CV-7) during World War 2. Sequence in slow motion begins with hard contact on deck that collapses landing gear and bends propeller blades. The pilot clearly visible in cockpit, with canopy open. The aircraft slides forward and across the deck where it stops at the very edge. Deck crewmen jump up and head toward the airplane.

Date: 1942
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027776
USS Wasp (CV-7) flight operations in World War II. A Grumman F4F airplane noses over on landing.

USS Wasp (CV-7) flight operations during World War 2. Slow motion footage shows Grumman F4F-3 (BuNo 1066) of Navy Squadron VF-72, "Blue Wasps," rounding out high during landing. It catches an arresting cable, but the cable snaps and the F4F rolls into the barrier and noses over, remaining in a tail high position. Superstructure in the background. Deck crewmen run towards the crashed plane.

Date: 1942
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027779