MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS IN ACTION IN DANIPER STRAIT, NEW GUINEA Part 3

Description

1) MCU Man on PT boat racking out a torpedo tubs.2) CU Torpedo tube slide in deck mount moving; a man inserts a peg into the hole of the slide.3) MCU Man puts impulse charge in tube. (SV)4) MCU PT boat underway.5) MCU The CO and an officer on bridge of PT boat.6) MCU Man on a 50 cal. machine gun on the PT boat.7) MCU He fires the gun.8) MCU Men puttion on lifebelts aboard the PT boat. (SV)Formerly No.1046 ROUTINE ABOARD USS HONOLULU (CL-48)9) LS SOC taxiing on surface of water to the stern of the USS HONOLULU to be taken aboard.(UX)10) MS Oiler underway as mail is being passed to it.11) HA MS Men handling lines to the fuel ls aboard AO.12) MLS AO underway.13) MS Several officers standing on the CL deck.14) MCU Men on deck of the ship (SV).15) CU CO talking to the crew (SV).16) HA MCU Men listening.17) MS The skipper talking to the men.18) HA MCU Man seated in the decks of the ship.19) MS The CL at anchor; signal light messages are sent.20) MS The enlisted men on the CL take bedding from the life lines and roll them up and take them below.21) CU Anchor chain is hauled in.22) CU The rigged fuel lines of the AO.23) MCU Men talking on the signal bridge.24) CU Photograph of a nude woman; men looking at it.25) MCU Two sailors cleaning the bore of a 6" gun.26) CU Man dipping the brush into fluid to clean the bore.27) CU Man passing out the mail (hands of the man).28) HA MCU Men attending divine services; chaplain speaking; cranes in BG.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities