Name/Title
Colorado in Smoke ScreenEntry/Object ID
2024.1032.112Description
From a donated collection of individual photographs and pages out of a Texas crewmember's photo album. Items donated by the Los Angeles Maritime Museum. Many photographs had writing on the pages of the book, now discarded. The caption formerly on the page for this photo read, "COLORADO IN SMOKEE SCREEN"
Features a battleship sailing through smoke. Back of the photograph identifies the ship as New Mexico not Colorado.Context
Battleship Texas steamed, berthed, and operated with 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 New Mexico (BB-40) was the lead ship of her class of battleship, and was commissioned from May 20, 1918, to July 19, 1946. She was scrapped in 1948.
USS Colorado (BB-45) was the lead ship of her class of battleship, and commissioned from August 30, 1923, to January 7, 1947. She was sold for scrap on July 23, 1959.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
