Battleship Wisconsin Towed From Bayonne to Philadelphia, Bayonne, New Jersey
Description
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF NEWS SERVICES THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON 25, D.C. - LIBERTY 5-6700 AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION RADI0-TV-NEWSFILM BRANCH ROOM 2E791 - EXTENSION 75111 1808 Release No. 173-62 Footage: 95 DUPE NEGATIVE TO: 17 August 1962 FINE GRAIN TO; BATTLESHIP WISCONSIN TOWED FROM BAYONNE TO PHILADELPHIA (Official Kavy footage released by Department of Defense) The battleship WISCONSIN is towed from her berth in Bayonne, New Jersey, to become & part of the Philadelphia Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet. She is scheduled to complete the 186 mile trip at 10 P.Me, Friday, August 17. The WISCONSIN, the last of the battleships to be retired from active duty by the Navy, made her final voyage from Horfolk to New York during November 1957 Leaunched on December 7, 1943, the WISCONSIN joined the Pacific Fleet in December 1944 and thereafter participated in every major naval operation until the end of the wil. She has been avarded six battle stars end the Presidential Unit Citation for been action during World Was II and Kores. Sequences abow: (a) Tugs towing the WISCONSIN from her berth in Beyonne, New Jersey. (b) Heading out to SOB. Lapped 4-1863 Phd 5/13/63 sgong NOTE TO EDITORS: 95° E/W fine grain handed out to NBC-TV, Washington, for servicing both IV and theatrical pool members. Fine grain to be forwarded to Arrry Fictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, New Yoxis, within 72 hours. NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY The fine grain master positive, released to the company designated above, is for duplication and distribution to interested TV and Newsreel pool members. It is then to be returned within 72 hours to the Film Library, Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, New York. The master positive must not be cut in any manner. A dup e negative is also for release to the company designated above for distribution to pool members so desiring for duplication purposes. Within 24 hours it will be delivered to DeLuxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth Avenue, New York, N. Y., telephone Circle 7-3220 where it will be avail- able to non-pool members and other authorized organizations which make satisfactory financial arrangements with DeLuxe Laboratories. The dupe negative must not be cut in any manner. E10575
Read moreCollection
Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer