NAVY13463B Accession Number: NAVY13463B

Description

A stores party 'strikes down' ammunition onboard the Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Hobart in the Tonkin Gulf. Pallets of shells are received on the Ikara deck after replenishment from the Wrangell class ammunition ship USS Diamond Head (not pictured). Two sailors are lowering two shells to the next deck down for positioning on the ammunition hoist. In an open hatch door below, a sailor carries a cordite container for transfer to its magazine for storage.

Details

Accession Number
NAVY13463B
Photographer
Bevin Royce Stringer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Date Made
10 May 1967
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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