PORT BOW VIEW OF THE DESTROYER TENDER USS FRONTIER (AD-25), HER COMPANY LINING THE RAILS AS SHE ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number 302602
Collection type Photograph
Object type 8x10", Paper (Fibre-based), Silver Gelatin
Physical description 8x10", Paper (Fibre-based), Silver Gelatin
Maker US Navy
Conflict Period 1950-1959
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

PORT BOW VIEW OF THE DESTROYER TENDER USS FRONTIER (AD-25), HER COMPANY LINING THE RAILS AS SHE PREPARES TO BERTH. NOTE THE PROMINENT SPS-6 RADAR AERIAL ON THE FORWARD GOALPOST MAST, NEAR WHICH A 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUN IS MOUNTED. FURTHER 20 MM GUNS AND TWIN BOFORS 40 MM MOUNTINGS CAN BE SEEN ON THE SUPERSTRUCTURE. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)