On board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) while replenishing on a voyage from Kiel to Norfolk, Virginia.

On board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) during a voyage from Kiel to Norfolk, Virginia. The photographer is on 01 deck amidships by the Asroc launcher looking outboard showing members of the crew running with a rope during a jackstay transfer. The rope is flaked out on deck. The men 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: PCT19685
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Claude V Ricketts (1960)
Date made: 28 June to 12 July 1965
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm