File:NATO Standing Naval Force Atlantic ships underway, in 1981.jpg

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English: NATO Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT) ships underway, in 1981. Identifiable ships are (from the top):
  • the Norwegian frigate KNM Stavanger (F303),
  • the Belgian frigate Westhinder (F913),
  • the Royal Navy frigate HMS Arrow (F173),
  • the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5),
  • the Royal Netherlands Navy frigate Hr. Ms. De Ruyter (F806),
  • a Royal Danish Navy Peder Skram-class frigate,
  • a Royal Canadian Navy St. Laurent-class destroyer, either HMCS Saguenay (DDH 206) or HMCS Assiniboine (DDH 234) and
  • the West German frigate Braunschweig (F225).
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5) 1981 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy

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