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Gunnery Instruction Aboard USS Wilmette (IX-29),Great Lakes, Illinois, 04/1942
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United States Naval Photographic Center film #16089. National Archives description: "1) MS Naval officers in blues use binocs & signal-SV. 2) MS-CU Sailor trains range finder during instruction. 3) MS-CU Sailors firing water-cooled 30 cal. machine gun, as officer instructs them. 4) LS Officer launches kite. 5) MS-DA Soldiers watching practice. 6) MS Sailor fires machine gun at kite sleeve BG. 7) LS Sleeve suspended below kite, tracers pass. 8) LS Flag on float. 9) LS-MS Passing cotton & placing in ears. 10) MS-DA Loading & firing 4" deck gun. 11) MS Men load shells into breech. 12) MS Men handle ammunition. 13) LS-MS Breech view of gun being fired & reloaded. 14) LS Muzzle of 4" gun firing, life-ring "USS WILMETTE" FG. 15) MS Men lay ammunition on deck in racks. 16) CU Gun pointer in action. 17) LS Splashes near floating target.18) LS Firing 30 cal. machine gun tracers from fantail. 19) MS Splashes in water. QUALITY: GOOD" National Archives Identifier: 80290 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself…
Directors & creators
United States. Navy
Subjects
WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, Great Lakes Naval Training Center (Great Lakes, Ill.), USS Wilmette (IX-29), World War II, USS Wilmette, SS Eastland
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