The United States guided missile frigate Dewey (1958) berthing alongside the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) at Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia

A close view of the starboard bow of the United States guided missile frigate Dewey (1958) coming alongside the port bow of the guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) in Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia. The hull number of the Dewey is 14. The photographer is on board the Ricketts looking forward, down and slightly to port from the port bridge wing showing two U.S. enlisted men, a Royal Navy rating and a Royal Navy lieutenant in whites on the forecastle assisting the berthing of the Dewey. 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 large number of people and motor cars are on the quayside in the background.

Object Details

ID: PCT19612
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Claude V Ricketts (1960); Dewey (1958)
Date made: 12 July 1965
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm