# THE HUNTER KILLERS U.S. NAVY ATLANTIC FLEET ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE FILM 21034

Shows the Navy's anti-submarine patrol in action during the late 1960s. Featuring flight operations off the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-18), fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft perform sweeps of the sea in the vicinity of the fleet main body. They are joined by destroyers and other warships equipped with sonar, depth-charges and ASW torpedoes. The Grumman S-2 Tracker aircraft is especially featured “The Hunter Killers” is a relatively short, color, United States Navy film produced in 1967. The film introduces us to the United States Atlantic Fleet (since renamed the United States Fleet Forces Command) and the Anti-Submarine Carrier Task Group. Their mission: to find and destroy enemy submarines and to protect “friendly shipping” in the world’s oceans. At mark 01:20, the film joins a group of pilots and crewmen as they arrive onboard an aircraft carrier to join the air group for a tour of duty. At mark 02:45, in the ship’s ready room, the men are briefed on what they can expect on their mission “as they assume the challenges of anti-submarine warfare.” At mark 03:24, it is explained that missions are often flown under demanding, less-than-ideal conditions, both day and night. Operating from aircraft carriers, the task groups are expected to work at peak performance at all times, the narrator explains. At mark 05:00, a Grumman S-2E Tracker, the primarily long-range detection and localization system aircraft, is shown launching from a carrier, followed by a Grumman E1E…

- Kind: Film
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/21034usnavythehunterkillers)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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