Description
The RAN guided missile destroyer HMAS Perth (II) D38 is engaged in Operation Sea Dragon with the US Seventh Fleet, just north of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) of Vietnam. The operations are aimed at destroying waterborne logistic craft taking supplies from North Vietnam into the south. Here R58252 Leading Tactical Operator (LTO) Terence John (Terry) Lees, of Footscray, Vic, flashes signals from HMAS Perth to another destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin, off the coast of North Vietnam.
Details
Accession Number
NAVY14652
Photographer
Wayne Linus Grant
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Measurement
Overall: 2 7/16 in x 2 7/16 in
Image: 2 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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