On board the United States Navy aircraft carrier Saratoga (1955) in the Mediterranean

On board the United States Navy aircraft carrier Saratoga (1955) while under way in the Mediterranean. The photographer is looking aft from near the end of the angled flight deck showing a Grumman Tracer E-1B airborne early warning aircraft at the end of the catapult. Vought Crusaders of VF 32 are parked at the port deck edge and piston engined Douglas Skyraiders of VA 35 are in the starboard aft deck park..

Object Details

ID: PM7645/5
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Saratoga (1955)
Date made: April - October 1963
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 152 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm