Name/Title
Plank Owner certificateEntry/Object ID
2025.1014.94Scope and Content
Large certificate for Peter Fiedler owning a plank from the USS Texas (CGN-39) that has been framed. Top has a sailing ship flanked by two banners reading "PLANK" and "OWNER" with significant writing underneath explaining Fiedler's position.Context
USS Texas (CGN-39) was the 3rd ship named USS Texas. She was a Virginia-class nuclear guided-missile cruiser commissioned from September 10, 1977, to July 16, 1993. She entered the nuclear recycling program on October 1, 1999.
Peter Fiedler was the first captain of the nuclear cruiser USS Texas (CGN-39) from October 1975 to January 1979. He supervised construction, and took official command on September 10, 1977, when the cruiser was commissioned.Collection
Collection (Peter B. Fiedler), Historical CollectionsLexicon
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
circa 1977
