Navy Hospital Ship Sunk In Collision
Navy Hospital Ship Sunk In Collision
Clip: 350794_1_1
Year Shot: 1950
(Actual Year)
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1550
Original Film: 023-382-02
HD: N/A
Location: San Francisco, California
Timecode: 00:40:07 - 00:41:12
Navy Hospital Ship Sunk In Collision Eighteen are dead and fourteen are missing in the tragic sinking of the Navy Hospital Ship 'Benevolence' off the fog-shrouded golden gate. Miraculously, hundreds were rescued when the mercy vessel was rammed by a freighter and sank in fifteen minutes. Ship had recently been de-mothballed for Korean service. MS of hospital ship sitting in the water. MCU of the crew and patients on the ship being transfered from the sinking ship to a place of safety. MS of the smiling faces of the rescued military men. All they have on is a blanket wrapped around them and a hot cup of coffee.