USS LANGLEY (CVL-27) BEING ACTIVATED PRIOR TO TRANSFER TO FRANCE — Part 2 | The Archive Project

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Description

Philadelphia Navy Shipyard.MCU Yard worker spraying deck plates of carrier.GV Yard workers working on deck of carrier.MS Gun director hoisted off carrier and placed on flat car on pier.MCU Cocoons removed from gun mount by crane.UA Gun mount being swung outboard by large crane.MS French Officers and enlisted men on pier.MS French seaman in classroom: U.S. Naval Officer at blackboard.MLS LANGLEY alongside dock; large crane on left swinging outboard.MS Men on scaffold sandblasting hull from barge.CU Cocoons being removed from around gun.MS Yard workers assist in removing cocoons and lowering to pier.MS Armour plate being removed from around guns.MCU Large cocoon removed from gun mount by crane.MS Cocoon is lowered to pier.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities

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Date

1951-03-14

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TRT

2:19

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