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

On board the United States Navy aircraft carrier Saratoga (1955) while anchored in the Mediterranean. The photographer is on the starboard side of the flight deck looking to port showing the Piasecki HUP Retriever helicopter serial 147619, coded 40, of HU-2 Squadron landing on. One of the flight deck crew is carrying two wheel chocks.

Object Details

ID: PM7656/17A
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