A close-up of the U.S. Navy refrigerated store ship Alstede (1944) AF 48 and the attack transport Rockbridge (1944) APA 228 under way in the Mediterranean during the 6th Fleet exercise Steel Link 1.
A close-up port side view of the United States Navy refrigerated store ship Alstede (1944) AF 48 with the attack transport Rockbridge (1944) APA 228 to starboard of her while under way in the Mediterranean during the 6th Fleet exercise Steel Link 1. The photographer is on board the attack transport Monrovia (1942) looking aft and to starboard over davits. Everything forward of the second goalpost of the Alstede (1944) is out of the picture. The hull of the Rockbridge is hidden by the Alstede and everything forward of her bridge is out of the picture.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7709/18 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Ocean Chief (1945); Rockbridge (1944) Monrovia (1942) |
| Date made: | 14 August 1964 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 152 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |