Transferring personnel between the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Saratoga (1955) and 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 transferring 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 two men being hauled across in framework seats. most of the men on the deck of the destroyer are wearing hard hats and 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: | PM7795/15A |
|---|---|
| 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 |