1943 fleet notebook

front of 2024.1009.9.1

front of 2024.1009.9.1

Name/Title

1943 fleet notebook

Entry/Object ID

2024.1009.9.1

Description

Notebook drawings by Major A.E. Horton of the fleet Texas was a part of in 1943. Red cover with eagle perched on "NOTES" title. Notable ships include Texas and USS Santee (CVE-29)

Context

Battleship Texas largely escorted Allied ships across the Atlantic from January 1943 to April 22, 1944. She mainly sailed from New York to either the UK, Gibraltar, or Casablanca. Illustrations made by a soldier on a troop transport in the same fleet as Battleship Texas in 1943.

Collection

Donation (Hunter Miertschin), Historical Collections

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1943

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Notebook

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Blankbook

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book, Writing

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication