An image showing 'N25615; A starboard midship detail of damage repairs being undertaken to the hull of the U S tank landing ship LST 543 (1944) in dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard, taken from the top of the dock looking aft and to port. A large section of plating from the turn of the bilge up the fifth strake has been removed by oxy-acetylene cutting torch. Wooden staging has been erected to facilitate the work. Vertical format.'

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The damaged U S tank landing ship LST 543 (1944) in dry dock, in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

A starboard midship detail of damage repairs being undertaken to the hull of the U S tank landing ship LST 543 (1944) in dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard, taken from the top of the dock looking aft and to port. A large section of plating from the turn of the bilge up the fifth strake has been removed by oxy-acetylene cutting torch. Wooden staging has been erected to facilitate the work. Vertical format.

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Object details

ID:	N25615
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	21 July 1944
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 127 mm x 101 mm