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Aircraft Carrier Wasp Returns Home After Collision With Destroyer Hobson

Public Domain Stock Footage Aircraft Carrier Wasp Returns Home After Collision With Destroyer Hobson

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keywords: us navy, aircraft carrier uss wasp, sea collision damage

Synopsis: The US Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Wasp limps into harbor on her way to dry dock after a mid-ocean collision with the Destroyer USS Hobson which sunk with loss of 176 crew - the wounded and 61 survivors depart the Aircraft Carrier first followed by the Wasp crew in bittersweet reunions of love ones...(read more)

  • Date: 1952
  • Duration: 00:00:40
  • Sound: Yes
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: United States

Aircraft Carrier Wasp Returns Home After Collision With Destroyer Hobson

Aircraft Carrier Wasp Returns Home After Collision

The Aircraft Carrier 'Wasp' returns for repairs with 75-foot hole in her bow following a mid-Atlantic collision with the Destroyer 'Hobson' in which 175 died. There are touching scenes of reunion of survivors and their families.