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 jeep discharged from ACU2-3 stuck on shore and a number of United States Marines are trying to get it moving by towing it with a chain connected to another vehicle. The bows of the U.S. LCUs (Landing Craft Utility) LCU 1662 (1971), ACU2-9 and ACU2-3 are on the right and the latter two are members of Assault Craft Unit 2.

Object Details

ID: PM8090/29
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: ACU2-9; ACU2-3 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