On board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) coming alongside a berth in Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia. The photographer is on the starboard side of 01 deck abaft the forward 5 inch D.P. gun mount looking forward and to starboard showing two enlisted men and an officer standing by the rail ready to throw heaving lines ashore. 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. The guided missile destroyer leader Richmond K Turner (1963) is berthed port side to the jetty in the background. She has bunting strung along the length of her 1 deck guardrails and a welcome home sign is above her bridge.