Texas with coaling ship

front of 2024.1001.171

front of 2024.1001.171

Name/Title

Texas with coaling ship

Entry/Object ID

2024.1001.171

Description

Texas moored next to coaling ship Jupiter to the left of the photograph. Jupiter would later be converted into an aircraft carrier, USS Langley (CV-1).

Context

Battleship Texas was commissioned in 1914, served in World War One throughout 1918, and participated in interwar fleet training in the early 1920s.

Collection

Historical Collections, eBay Purchase

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