The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Saratoga (1955) from on board the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) in mid Atlantic.

A starboard side view , taken from well abaft the beam, of the United States Navy aircraft carrier Saratoga (1955) under way in mid Atlantic. Her hull number is 60 and her mast is out of the picture. The photographer is on board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) looking forward from the port side of the bridge showing a number of her crew lined up the forecastle, all wearing lifejackets. The crew of the destroyer consisted of 10 officers and 164 crew from the US Navy with the rest of the complement being from West Germany, Italy, Greece, United Kingdom, Netherlands and Turkey as a mixed manning experiment.

Object Details

ID: PM7794/8A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Claude V Ricketts (1960); Saratoga (1955)
Date made: June 1965
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm