On board the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) replenishing from the aircraft carrier Saratoga (1955) while under way in mid Atlantic.

On board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) replenishing from the aircraft carrier Saratoga (1955) while under way in mid Atlantic. The photographer is on the port side of 01 deck by the side of the bridge looking forward and to port showing the starboard bow of the carrier. 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: PM7796/22A
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