The RAN destroyer HMAS Brisbane (II) D41 is on its first deployment to Vietnam, operating on the ...

Accession Number NAVY20131
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Maker Hicks, George Jeffrey
Place made At sea, Vietnam
Date made c September 1969
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

The RAN destroyer HMAS Brisbane (II) D41 is on its first deployment to Vietnam, operating on the gunline with the US Seventh Fleet. Here R57455 Petty Officer Electrical Communications (POEC) Allan Joseph Godfrey uses a voltimeter on a radio transmitter. POEC Godfrey is responsible for the ship's Tactical Air Navigation system (TACAN), a navigational aid to aircraft.

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