The Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Hobart in an underway replenishment with USS Tappahannock ...

Accession Number NAVY13484B
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Maker Stringer, Bevin Royce
Place made South China Sea: Gulf of Tonkin
Date made 19 May 1967
Conflict Period 1960-1969
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Hobart in an underway replenishment with USS Tappahannock during Operation Sea Dragon (Task Unit 77.1.1) in the Tonkin Gulf. An ammunition party is returning empty brass shells by highline transfer. At the same time, the tanker is pumping fuel to HMAS Hobart.

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