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Battleship USS Missouri Freed From Mud Shoal
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keywords: us navy, battleship uss missouri, mud shoal
Synopsis: The Captain of the Battleship USS Missouri agrees to an optional task of running up a test range strewn with acoustical cables designed to identify ships using their unique acoustical signature and runs aground on a mud a mud shoal. Stuck for two weeks the battleship is finally freed on the third attempt by a group of tugs where it then heads for repairs in a drydock effectively ending the naval career of its commander Captain William D. Brown and other officers found negligent during the inquiry afterwards (2006-62f.txt)...(read more)
- Date: 1950
- Duration: 00:01:00
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
Battleship USS Missouri Freed From Mud Shoal
After fifteen days stuck on a mud shoal, the mighty Battleship USS Missouri is finally freed on a third salvage attempt by a fleet of tugs. Good news for the Navy as our only battlewagon heads for dry-dock, and active duty once more.
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- Newsreels: 1950 - February 2
