USS_Rupertus;025916.jpg
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Summary
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Unknown author
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| Description |
English:
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS
Rupertus
(DD-851) stands by to assist the aircraft carrier USS
Forrestal
(CVA-59) fighting raging deck fires and explosions while operating in Gulf of Tonkin, 29 July 1967. The captain of the
Rupertus
maneouvered his ship within 6 metres of the burning carrier, in what Rear Admiral Harvey P. Lanham, Commander Carrier Division 2, called an act of "magnificent seamanship".
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| Depicted place | Gulf of Tonkin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 29 July 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
USN 1124775
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| Source | U.S. Navy photo USN 1124775 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
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This image is available from the
Naval History and Heritage Command
under the digital ID
USN 1124775
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Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description. [1] |
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This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the
U.S. Navy
, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a
work
of the
U.S. federal government
, it is in the
public domain
in the United States.
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