The United States Navy hydrofoil patrol gunboat Tucumcari (1967) under way in the Solent.
A distant starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the United States Navy hydrofoil patrol gunboat Tucumcari (1967) under way in the Solent. She is just beginning to rise onto her foils and her hull number is PGH2. Beyond her is the tank landing ship Wood County (1957), hull number LST 1178. The Tucumcari (1967) is on a round-Europe demonstration deployment supported by the Wood County (1957) which lasted from 5 April 1971 when they arrived at Copenhagen to 1 October 1971 when they sailed from the Mediterranean.
Object Details
ID: | PM7941/12A |
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Type: | Roll film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
Vessels: | Wood County (1957); Tucumcari (1967) |
Date made: | 22 June 1971 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |