A port side view of the United States Navy aircraft carrier Nimitz (1972) anchored at Spithead during her shakedown cruise.
A port side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the United States Navy aircraft carrier Nimitz (1972) anchored at Spithead during her shakedown cruise in the North Atlantic and European waters. Her hull number is 68 and the hangar doors aft are open on both sides of the ship. The horizon is not level and the negative is slightly unsharp.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8037/27 |
|---|---|
| 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 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |