The United States Navy tank landing ship Wood County (1957) at anchor in the Solent.

A distant starboard near broadside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the United States Navy tank landing ship Wood County (1957) at anchor in the Solent. Her hull number is LST 1178. She is acting as support ship on a round-Europe demonstration deployment of the hydrofoil patrol gunboat Tucumcari (1967) which lasted from 5 April 1971 when they arrived at Copenhagen to 1 October 1971 when they sailed from the Mediterranean.

Object Details

ID: PM7940/9A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Wood County (1957)
Date made: 22 June 1971
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 152 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm