The original film was apparently shot in April of 1956 off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Don't be surprised by the inacuracies in the narrator's text. Like, "This cruiser mounts no big guns."
To view the film, go to the History pages of our web site, and use the link on the CAG-1 page.
When the sail and rudder arrived in Buffalo Bruce McCausland (ET2(SS) 1979-1983) was on hand, with his camera at the ready. (That's Bruce in the pictures toward the end of the list.) Take a look... Please be patient; there are a lot of pictures, and lot of bytes to download.
The ship in the background is the USS LITTLE ROCK.
We have photos of the construction under way in Buffalo. Construction begins!