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Black and white image of destroyer USS Eugene A. Greene at sea, refueling lines connected to US…
Refueling a Destroyer
Black and white image of destroyer USS Eugene A. Greene at sea, refueling lines connected to US…
Black and white image of destroyer USS Eugene A. Greene at sea, refueling lines connected to USS Intrepid visible

Refueling a Destroyer

Object NamePhotograph
Historic Owner
Association
DateJanuary 7, 1962
PeriodCold War
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Museum purchase. P2017.05.17
Object numberP2017.05.17
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Horizontal image of looking across choppy water to the USS Eugene A. Greene (DD-711), a Gearing-class destroyer. Refueling lines are connecting the ship to Intrepid. Men are on the upper decks of the ship. There is a white border around the image and the left and right borders are scalloped. The back has “7 Jan 62 // USS E.A. Greene alongside” written in black ink and “F170115 Polaroid”, “47”, and “2” stamped in black and blue.

Description from accompanying letter dated January 6, 1962 reads “Five other photos show the USS Eugene A. Greene (DDR 711), my very first ship, alongside while steaming in the Tyrrhenian Sea, and the demonstration for 2 or 3 dozen Italian Air Force Cadets of highline procedure. LCDR Gallup is Ordnance Officer on our ship.”

For full text of letters, see A2017.05 or ArchivesSpace record https://intrepidmuseum.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/113
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