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 view of the starboard side of the United States Navy aircraft carrier Saratoga (1955) under way in mid Atlantic, looking aft from abreast the island while preparing to transfer personnel between her and the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960). The photographer is on board the destroyer looking aft from the port bridge wing showing the messenger line in position. 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: PM7795/13A
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