Lieutenant-Commander Herb Pendergast USN on board the United States guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) in the North Sea during a voyage from Kiel to Norfolk, Virginia.

On board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) in the North Sea while on a voyage from Kiel to Norfolk, Virginia. The photographer is looking forward from the starboard side of the forecastle abreast the forward 5 inch DP gun mount showing a three-quarter length portrait of Lieutenant-Commander Herb Pendergast USN. Four of the ship's enlisted men are standing at the bow. 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. A Federal German Navy frigate of the Köln class is ahead of her.

Object Details

ID: PCT19599
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Claude V Ricketts (1960)
Date made: 28-30 June 1965
People: Pendergast, Herbert
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm