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Yards Speed New Warships For U.S. Navy
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Synopsis: Shipyards speed new warships for the U.S. Navy as the destroyer 'The Sullivans' and two destroyer escorts are launched...(read more)
- Date: 1943
- Duration: 00:01:04
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
Yards Speed New Warships For U.S. Navy
More warships for the United States Navy. This one's a destroyer escort one of the newest weapons designed to protect convoys and smash Axis submarines. And another of the same type is ready for the sea. American shipyards that once took many months to build a ship are now breaking all records, from keel to launching within a matter of weeks.
The Navy salutes a mother whose five sons gave their lives in the battle of the Solomon Islands. A new destroyer is named in their honor. Christened by mother 'The Sullivans' goes down the ways a sleek new destroyer to avenge the loss of Mother Sullivan's sons. This is the spirit of America at war.
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The Sullivan family at the launching of the USS The Sullivans (DD-537) destroyer.
- Related Titles:
- Military Newsreels: 1943 Issue 12
