Recommissioning the Battleship New Jersey (BB-62)
Recommissioning the Battleship New Jersey (BB-62)
Clip: 502884_1_1
Year Shot: 1950
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1791
Original Film: HFR-SFL-35-139
HD: N/A
Location: Bayonne, New Jersey, United States
Timecode: 01:18:26 - 01:18:47
Master 1791 - Tape 1 TLS U.S. Navy sailor removing wooden planks from beneath sixteen inch deck artillery of the battleship New Jersey (BB-62) docked in Bayonne, New Jersey. Panning MS U.S. sailors removing metal covers from anti-aircraft (ack-ack) guns. High angle TLS diver emerging from water beside ship in slip. Nice LS docked battleship New Jersey, looking every bit the mothballed vessel. VO: "... 16 inch guns of her sister ship, the Missouri, proved so valuable in Korea that battleships are no longer called obsolete. Divers grope for bolted vents 30 feet below. 1000 men are working on the New Jersey, a task that will take a month to complete."