USS Texas Firing

Photograph

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Battleship Texas Foundation

front of 2023.1001.3

front of 2023.1001.3

Name/Title

USS Texas Firing

Entry/Object ID

2023.1001.3

Description

USS Texas firing salvo at Iwo Jima. Photograph taken from USS Arkansas.

Context

Battleship Texas began preparations for Operation “Detachment,” the invasion of Iwo Jima, on January 23, 1945. She departed the Ulithi Islands on February 10, and supported the landings from February 16 to March 7, and returned to the Ulithi Islands on March 10, 1945. USS Arkansas (BB-33) was a Wyoming-class battleship commissioned from September 17, 1912, to July 29, 1946. She was sunk as a part of Operation “Crossroads” on July 25, 1946.

Collection

Collection Purchase 2023

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects