NATO amphibious exercise Northern Wedding in the Shetland Islands
A general view of an unidentified loch in the Shetland Islands being used for amphibious landings by a task force of nine United States warships during the NATO exercise Northern Wedding. The photographer is on shore showing a port bow view of the U.S. LCU (Landing Craft Utility) ACU2-9 beached and discharging a six-wheeled articulated tractor and trailer unit. She is a member of Assault Craft Unit 2. In the background is the LCU 1662 (1971) discharging a bulldozer. A service photographer is snapping away near the bow of ACU2-9.
Object Details
ID: | PM8090/27 |
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Type: | Roll film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
Vessels: | ACU2-9; LCU 1662 (1971) |
Date made: | September 1978 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |