The Kaman UH-2A Seasprite helicopter 149015 of HU-2 from the United States Navy aircraft carrier Saratoga (1955) hovering above the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) in mid Atlantic.
On board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) while under way in mid Atlantic. The photographer is looking up at the Kaman UH-2A Seasprite (BuNo 149015) assigned to Helicopter Utility Squadron 2 (HU-2) Det.60 "Fleet Angels" as it hovers over the deck. Hu-2 Det.60 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) aboard the Saratoga (1955) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 28 November 1964 to 12 July 1965. The helicopter has been named 'Porky' and is coded 04. The crew of the Ricketts 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: | PM7801/18A |
|---|---|
| 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 |