In the hangar on board the United States Navy aircraft carrier Nimitz (1972) while anchored at Spithead during her shakedown cruise.
In the hangar on board the United States Navy aircraft carrier Nimitz (1972) while she is anchored at Spithead during her shakedown cruise in the North Atlantic and European waters. The photographer is looking forward and bunting is hanging from the deckhead as the ship prepares to open to visitors. In the foreground are the Grumman KA6D Intruder tanker 152592 of Squadron VA-35 and the Vought A7E Corsair 157569 of Squadron VA-82.
Object Details
ID: | PM8036/19 |
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Type: | Roll film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
Vessels: | Nimitz (1972) |
Date made: | 14 September 1975 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |
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