Four U.S. Navy auxiliary ships and two dock landing ships under way in the Mediterranean during the 6th Fleet exercise Steel Link 1.
A distant view of four United States Navy auxiliary ships and two dock landing ships under way in the Mediterranean during the 6th Fleet exercise Steel Link 1. The photographer is on board the attack transport Monrovia (1942) which is overhauling the refrigerated store ship Alstede (1944) AF 48 and the attack transport Rockbridge (1944) APA 228. In the distance are the two dock landing ships with a fleet oiler between them and an attack cargo ship on the right.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7708/12 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Monrovia (1942); Ocean Chief (1945) Rockbridge (1944) |
| Date made: | 14 August 1964 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |
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