The United States destroyer Du Pont (1956) stopped in the Atlantic during a personnel transfer from the guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) while on a voyage from Kiel to Norfolk, Virginia.
A port near broadside view of the United States destroyer Du Pont (1956) stopped in the North Atlantic during a transfer of personnel to or from the guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) while on passage from Kiel to Norfolk, Virginia. The photographer is on the port side of the quarterdeck of the Ricketts showing the Du Pont's port boat in the water heading back to their ship laden with personnel. The hull number of the Du Pont (1956) is 941. 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: | PCT19648 |
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| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Claude V Ricketts (1960); Du Pont (1956) |
| 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 |