Accession Number | NAVYM0290/23 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Hicks, George Jeffrey |
Place made | Philippines: Luzon |
Date made | c March 1969-April 1969 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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At the US Naval Base at Subic Bay, crew members of the RAN guided missile destroyer HMAS Brisbane ...
Description
At the US Naval Base at Subic Bay, crew members of the RAN guided missile destroyer HMAS Brisbane (II) D41 line the deck of the ship in front of the bridge and gun as the ship relieves HMAS Perth (II) for duty in Vietnamese waters. The Brisbane will be serving with the US Seventh Fleet on the gunline. Other ships are anchored in the background. Second from the right is possibly R96358 Able Seaman Radar Plotter Robert Lloyd Hall, and third from the right possibly R94871 Leading Seaman Radar Plotter Mervyn James Wood.