USS Myles C Fox DDR-829 in Heavy Seas

US Navy Destroyer and other ships operating in Mediterranean in 1952. Fox in heavy seas working with aircraft carrier. Has no sound.

Official Description:
Aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Atlantic Ocean during Operation Long Step. Heavy cruiser USS Des Moines CA-134 sends a blinker-light signal to USS FDR. Aircraft being spotted aft. USS Des Moines underway through rough seas southwest of Sardinia. Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Leyte's helicopter returns to the ship. USS Des Moines underway. Airplanes on flight deck of FDR in the foreground. A quartermaster sends USS Leyte a flashing-light signal. The quartermaster sends a message to heavy cruiser USS Columbus. USS Columbus answering USS FDR's message. Flight deck crew takes a break during Operation Long Step. Gearing-class destroyer USS Myles C. Fox, DD-829, airplane guard for USS Roosevelt, takes heavy seas over her bow during rough weather south of Malta. Two guardians stand by on station. USS Myles C. Fox in the background. Silhouette: USS FDR's helicopter US Navy HUP being tied down to the flight deck. Sea and spray falling over the flight deck of USS FDR as it is underway south of the island of Malta. Views of aircraft on the flight deck.
US Government Archive number for this historic video is: 428 NPC 3236 ONS

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Destroyer
• US Navy
• Tin Can
• DDR
• DD
• heavy Seas
• rough weather

[sertox12345]

sorry did not see it 1952 very nise

[sertox12345]

what year was this 1050