On board the United States guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) replenishing from the oiler Caloosahatchee (1945) while on a voyage from Kiel to Norfolk, Virginia.
On board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) while on passage from Kiel to Norfolk, Virginia. The ship is about to replenishment from the fleet oiler Caloosahatchee (1945), whose funnel and aft superstructure can be seen in the background. The photographer is on the starboard side of the forecastle deck abaft the forward 5 inch D.P. gun mount looking to port showing the fuel hose hauling party waiting by the ship's rail. They are wearing red overalls and life jackets. 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: | PCT19643 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Caloosahatchee (1945); Claude V Ricketts (1960) |
| Date made: | 28 June - 12 July 1965 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm |