The United States Navy hydrofoil patrol gunboat Tucumcari (1967) under way in the Solent.
A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the United States Navy hydrofoil patrol gunboat Tucumcari (1967) under way in the Solent. She is fully foil-borne and her hull number is PGH2. Hidden in the spray beyond her is the tank landing ship Wood County (1957). The Tucumcari (1967) is on a round-Europe demonstration deployment supported by the tank landing ship 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: | PM7942/18A |
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Type: | Roll film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
Vessels: | Tucumcari (1967); Wood County (1957) |
Date made: | 22 June 1971 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 199 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |