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 side of the United States guided missile frigate Dewey (1958) coming alongside the port side 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 aft and to port from the port bridge wing showing two U.S. Navy officers watching 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. The crew of the Dewey (1958) are lining the starboard rails and are in whites.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT19657 |
|---|---|
| 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 |