Hvalfjordur special bulletin

front of 2025.1002.38

front of 2025.1002.38

Name/Title

Hvalfjordur special bulletin

Entry/Object ID

2025.1002.38

Description

Two notices taped together by Howard Flood. Special bulletin describing the ships actions as an emergency hospital ship, and of visitors from the British Navy.

Context

Battleship Texas conducted several escort missions for the Allied Powers throughout the Atlantic Ocean from December 7, 1941, to July 29, 1942. Howard F. Flood Jr. enlisted in the Naval Reserves with parent permission on February 14, 1941, and went through basic training from July 5 to August 3. He went to additional schooling through September 3. His first assignment was on Battleship Texas through March 1942.

Collection

Collection (Howard F. Flood Jr.), Historical Collections

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bulletin

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Serial

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Publication Details

Date Published

circa Feb 1942