NATO Mixed Manning Demonstration : scrapbooks, 1963-1965 [microform]

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NATO Mixed Manning Demonstration : scrapbooks, 1963-1965 [microform]

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Three sequential scrapbooks containing official correspondence, press clippings, photographs, and memorabilia pertaining to the 1964-1965 cruise of the destroyer USS Claude V. Ricketts (formerly the USS Biddle) under Commander Thomas E. Fortson, who oversaw a crew gathered from seven NATO navies as part of the Multilateral Force (MLF) initiative. First scrapbook includes operations during 1963 and 1964 aboard USS Biddle (DDG-5) prior to the Mixed Manning assignment and subsequent renaming as USS Claude V. Ricketts in July 1964.

3 microfilm reels.

University of Kentucky Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7414791

University of Kentucky Libraries

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Claude V. Ricketts (Ship : DDG-5)

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Biddle (Ship : DDG-5)

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Fortson, Thomas E.

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U.S. naval officer. Fortson (b. 1922) graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946, and retired with the rank of Captain. From the description of NATO Mixed Manning Demonstration : scrapbooks, 1963-1965 [microform] (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 39501391 ...

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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