Decommissioning commemorative coin

front of 2025.1008.38

front of 2025.1008.38

Name/Title

Decommissioning commemorative coin

Entry/Object ID

2025.1008.38

Description

Large coin commemorating the decommissioning of USS Texas (CGN-39) on July 16, 1993. Front has an image of the ship while the back has the ships emblem. Coin owned by Steve Gunderson.

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.

Collection

Donation (Ryan Flynn), Historical Collections

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1993

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Coin, Commemorative

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Commemorative

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Memorabilia

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects