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 close starboard side view , taken from off the stern, of the United States Navy aircraft carrier Saratoga (1955) under way in mid Atlantic. Her stern is out of the picture and her island and forepart are obscured by officers on the port side of the deck of the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960). 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. The ships are about to engage in a replenishment serial.

Object Details

ID: PM7794/11A
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