On board the United States guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) approaching Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia.
On board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) while under way approaching Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia. The photographer is looking forward from the starboard side of 01 deck showing the single 5 inch D.P. gun mount and men in whites manning the forecastle. Their headgear shows they are from different nationalities. The ship is following astern of two others. 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. In the distance to port is the United States Navy guided missile light cruiser Little Rock (1944) with the hull number 4.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT19660 |
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| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Little Rock (1944); Claude V Ricketts (1960) |
| 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 |