Biggest Warship Joins U.S. Fleet

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Synopsis: The Navy's largest battleship undergoes sea trials prior to joining the fleet...(read more)

Date: 1943
Duration: 00:01:08
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
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Biggest Warship Joins U.S. Fleet

A new United States man-of-war makes a trial run before joining the fleet. Forty-one thousand tons of fighting ship, she's the fastest most powerful battleship afloat.

The bugle sounds general quarters and two thousand trained men go to battles stations to test the big guns. Powerful sixteen inch rifles swing towards the target. Observers, hooded and dressed for below zero cold, are at their posts. America's greatest, the mightiest dreadnought ever built, is going into action.

01:06:07:04

Bugle sounds general quarters on battleship.

01:06:14:12

Watertight door on battleship closed and latched.

01:06:30:07

Sailor in sub-zero face mask looks through binoculars.

01:06:33:14

Battleship 16 inch guns firing.