In the laundry on board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960).

In the laundry on board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960). The photographer is showing a man using an ironing press. 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: PCT19578
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