Texas underway 1920s postcard

Photograph

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Battleship Texas Foundation

Front of 2023.1001.54

Front of 2023.1001.54

Name/Title

Texas underway 1920s postcard

Entry/Object ID

2023.1001.54

Description

Texas with cage masts, two anchors, and 8 STBD 5" (7 on 2nd deck, 1 on 01). Large black smoke trail. Battleship Texas has 14 guns on the second deck, dating it after June 1919.

Context

Battleship Texas participated in various fleet maneuvers and exercises in the Atlantic Ocean (1919) and later Pacific Ocean from July 1919 through January 1924. Beginning in February 1923, maneuvers became known as Fleet Problems, which continued to 1939.

Collection

eBay Purchase, Historical Collections

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