The United States Navy tank landing ship Wood County (1957) at anchor in the Solent.
A distant starboard near broadside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the United States Navy tank landing ship Wood County (1957) at anchor in the Solent. Her hull number is LST 1178. She is acting as support ship on a round-Europe demonstration deployment of the hydrofoil patrol gunboat Tucumcari (1967) which lasted from 5 April 1971 when they arrived at Copenhagen to 1 October 1971 when they sailed from the Mediterranean.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7940/9A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Wood County (1957) |
| Date made: | 22 June 1971 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 152 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |
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