The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Saratoga (1955) from on board the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) in mid Atlantic.
A starboard side view , taken from well abaft the beam, of the United States Navy aircraft carrier Saratoga (1955) under way in mid Atlantic. Her hull number is 60. The photographer is on board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) looking forward from the starboard side of the bridge. The crew of the destroyer 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: | PM7794/7A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Claude V Ricketts (1960); Saratoga (1955) |
| Date made: | June 1965 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |
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