On the bridge on board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960), probably at Kiel
On board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960), probably at Kiel. The photographer is looking forward and slightly to port from the starboard side of the enclosed bridge. The officer of the day is Greek. 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: | PCT19601 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Claude V Ricketts (1960) |
| Date made: | 28 June 1965 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm |