Keywords: USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5) at sea in 1965.jpg The U S Navy guided missile destroyer USS Claude V Ricketts DDG-5 underway in 1965 Until 1 December 1965 Claude V Ricketts operated with a mixed NATO crew made up of the officers and enlisted men of the following nations USA 10/164 West Germany 2/40 Italy 2/30 Greece 2/24 United Kingdom 2/24 Netherlands 1/17 and Turkey 1/10 Its task was to prove the feasibility of a NATO Mulitlateral Force MLF what later became the NATO Standing Naval Force Atlantic and Mediterranean StaNavForLant/StaNavForMed Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/alphabetical---donations0/t/2015-14-ted-tomaszewicz-collection- html 2015 14 01 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1965 Ted Tomaszewicz U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Claude V Ricketts DDG-5 |