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Video Parts (6 across 2 reels)

This clip is Reel 2, Part 2 of a 6-part film. Watch from the beginning

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SHIPS OF THE U.S. NAVY Reel 2 · Part 2

Description

On the types, uses, and capabilities of Navy ships, showing representatives of the various classes and pointing out their various parts. Reel 1 describes supply ships, seaplane tenders, minesweepers, net tenders, patrol boats, PT boats, battleships, and cruisers. Reel 2 describes destroyers, aircraft carriers, and submarines. Battleships and carriers pass through the Panama Canal. Sailors man battle stations aboard a carrier and planes take off.

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Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Navy Motion Picture Film Productions

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Date
1939–1947
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TRT
2:58