Activities aboard USS Randolph underway in Pacific Ocean. Truck tows F6F Hellcat aircraft along flight deck of USS Randolph. F6F warms on flight deck for take off. Many planes parked on flight deck with folded wings. Airmen around planes.
The USS Randolph (CV-15) hit by a Japanese Yokosuka P1Y " Frances", twin-engine kamikaze bomber, on her starboard side,aft, just below the flight deck, as she was anchored at Ulithi, during World War 2. Flames appear in the dark aboard the carrier as firefighters work in the area under searchlights. Later scene shows crew members silhouetted against orange flames as they fight the fire. It appears to come under control, but several small explosions propel burning objects aloft, and flames continue to break out. (Note: 25 crew were killed and 106 wounded during this incident.)
Activities aboard USS Randolph underway in Pacific Ocean. Men with fire hose wash foam from flight deck. F6F Hellcat aircraft with damaged wing and tail, parked on deck. F6F is attached with truck for towing. Man stands on wing of F6F. Men hose flight deck. (World War II period).
Activities aboard AE underway in Pacific. Crates in cargo net transferred from AE (ammunition ship). Men on deck of AE load crates into cargo net. Men stack crates on hangar deck.
Men on hangar deck of aircraft carrier receive net load of rocket mortar crates from ammunition ship underway in Pacific Ocean. Men stack crates on hangar deck. Men open crates and lift rockets.
Cargo net load of crates hoisted from ammunition ship and transferred at sea to hangar deck of aircraft carrier. Men on hangar deck of aircraft carrier receive transfer at sea lines.
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