A close-up of the sterns of the U.S. Navy store ship Altair (1944) AKS 32 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 sterns of the United States Navy store ship Altair (1944) AKS 32 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. Very little of the Rockbridge (1944) can be seen. Only the after mast, cargo derricks and helicopter deck of the Altair (1944) are in the picture. The Sikorsky HUS-1 utility helicopter serial 145725 of HU-4 Squadron is on the Altair's deck.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7710/21 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Rockbridge (1944); Aberdeen Victory (1944) |
| Date made: | 14 August 1964 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 188 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |