WWII - Color, 945, Pacific: USS Richard S. Bull (DE-402) & Aircraft Carrier Activity

WWII - Color, 1945, Pacific: USS Richard S. Bull (DE-402) & Aircraft Carrier Activity MLS PAN Large Task Force at sea, many small vessels, some large w/ camouflage paint; shoreline in far BG. 10:29:11 Looking up mast of USS RICHARD S. BULL (DE-402). 10:29:17 MCU Fuel lines being hoisted from water, aboard an AO. 10:29:23 LS PAN DD underway, fleet ships on horizon. MLS DD underway, framed by DE-402 crewmen. CU Two officers on deck. MS Looking out over ship’s 5" gun mount towards the bow as the BULL takes more water over the bow; lone crewman stands next to the mount in FG. MS Pattern of what appears to be Hedgehogs hitting water in a circular pattern. MS Looking down over weather deck of DE. Shots over starb’d side of DE underway at high speed & looking thru closed chock of DE, showing the wake in BG; CU over ship’s wake. MS Depth Charges in racks along the starboard side; Depth Charges launched to starboard; PAN of depth charge striking the water. MS Concussion & very slight water rising due to depth of the Depth Charge. MLS Tracers out over the water, unseen object being fired at. Explosion. 10:32:24 MCU Twin 40 mount firing into air. 10:32:31 CU over weather deck area of the DE to CV. LS Unid. aircraft in flight. 10:32:38 Large number of porpoises moving away from ship. 10:32:52 MCU Two men on deck wearing phones; unid. CV in distant BG. Aircraft is flying low over the horizon in BG making its approach. 10:33:15 MLS TBF flying low over water & ditching, tail sticking up in air. 10:33:45 CU Pilot of crashed TBF standing on deck talking to the 6.0. of the USS BULL. 10:33:47 CU Men on deck working a highline, pilot being highlined from BULL to after section of CV. 10:34:09 DD type ship on distant horizon from DE-402 in very rough seas. LS Carrier underway; part of the BULL in FG. WW2; Naval Activity; Rough Stormy Weather;