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 on the port side of the island looking aft showing the VAH 9 Squadron Douglas A-3B Skywarrior 138930, coded 508, in the starboard aft deck park. A VAW 12 Squadron Grumman E-1B Tracer airborne early warning aircraft is in the distance lined up for a landing.

Object Details

ID: PM7653/4A
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 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm