A close-up of the bridge and funnel of the U.S. Navy store ship Altair (1944) AKS 32 under way in the Mediterranean during the 6th Fleet exercise Steel Link 1.
A close-up of the port side of the bridge and funnel of the United States Navy store ship Altair (1944) AKS 32 under way in the Mediterranean during the 6th Fleet exercise Steel Link 1. The photographer is on board the attack transport Monrovia (1942) looking to starboard with one of her LCA davits in the foreground. The attack transport Rockbridge (1944) APA 228 is to starboard of the Altair (1944) but very little of her can be seen. A vertical format negative.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7710/23 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Monrovia (1942); Aberdeen Victory (1944) Rockbridge (1944) |
| Date made: | 14 August 1964 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 188 mm;Frame: 38 mm x 35 mm |