Recommisioning USS Walker, USS Sproston, and Battleship New Jersey
Recommisioning USS Walker, USS Sproston, and Battleship New Jersey
Master 1791 - Tape 1 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA LS docked U.S. Navy destroyers USS Walker (DD-517) and USS Sproston (DD-577); LS/TLSs uniformed USN sailors, ensigns, seamen boarding vessel, standing at attention on deck; MS well-dressed middle-aged white adults (some young children) sitting in spectator stands; MS U.S. naval officers including a captain, a commander, and an admiral saluting; great TLS sailors raising American flag (Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, U.S. flag) aboard ship deck; TLS sailors standing solemn on deck, hats removed, officers with caps over hearts, then all placing hats on heads. VO: "This week the Navy took stock of its war potential despite imminent victory n the Korean front. Washington ordered an expanded Navy, and in San Diego, California, more destroyers joined the active fleet. Flying her commission and ensign jack, another destroyer joins America's peacetime navy geared for immediate wartime action." BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY LS crane raising dome over battleship New Jersey (BB-62); panning TLS New Jersey from bow to massive deck artillery guns. VO: "Meanwhile, across the nation in Bayonne, New Jersey, the Navy unwrapped a giant battleship. The 45,000 ton New Jersey is being reawakened after a two year sleep in the mothball fleet."