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
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