On board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) during a jackstay transfer in the North Atlantic
On board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) while under way in the North Atlantic during a jackstay transfer. Men in red overalls and wearing life jackets are on 01 deck amidships holding onto a rope ready to haul in when ordered. The Ricketts' crew consisted of 10 officers and 164 crew from the US Navy with the rest of the complement being from West Germany, Italy, Greece, United Kingdom, Netherlands and Turkey as a mixed manning experiment.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT19569 |
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| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Claude V Ricketts (1960) |
| Date made: | 28 June to 12 July 1965 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm |