Accession Number | NAVY14658 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base |
Maker |
Grant, Wayne Linus |
Place made | South China Sea: Gulf of Tonkin |
Date made | c October 1967 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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The RAN guided missile destroyer HMAS Perth (II) D38 is engaged in Operation Sea Dragon with the ...
Description
The RAN guided missile destroyer HMAS Perth (II) D38 is engaged in Operation Sea Dragon with the US Seventh Fleet, just north of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) of Vietnam. The operations are aimed at destroying waterborne logistic craft taking supplies from North Vietnam into the south. Here R66120 Ordinary Seaman Radar Plotter Vivian John Raymer, of Aspendale, Vic, keeps check on an aircraft plotting chart, while the Perth prepares to open fire with her 5 inch guns on North Vietnamese shore batteries. Recently, HMAS Perth was shelled while making a run against enemy gun emplacements, and was hit on the aft gun mount.