Name/Title
USS AltonEntry/Object ID
2024.1032.18Description
From a donated collection of individual photographs and pages out of a 1930s Texas crewmember's photo album. Items donated by the Los Angeles Maritime Museum. LAMM accession numbers (featured on back) correspond to BTF accession numbers
FA2010.3698.01 is cataloged as 2024.1032.1 and on through the collection.
USS Alton, the former protected cruiser USS Chicago (CA-14), moored in Pearl Harbor. Harbor tug pulled beside port bow. Cruiser Alton has crew quarters on aft half of the ship.Context
Battleship Texas steamed, berthed, and operated alongside hundreds of ships from the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and other fleets across the globe throughout her time in commission from 1914 to 1948.
Clarence C. Clifton enlisted on August 2, 1926, and joined the crew of Battleship Texas on October 12, 1926, as a S2c. He was promoted to S1c in the summer of 1927 and remained stationed on Texas through 1930.
Many crew members kept photo albums that each have hundreds of photos chronicling their service onboard.
USS Alton (IX-5), formerly USS Chicago (CA/CL-14), was commissioned from April 17, 1889, to September 30, 1923. She was renamed, and redesignated on June 16, 1928, and sold on May 15, 1936.Collection
Collection (Clarence C. Clifton), Historical CollectionsLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
