Texas (CGN-39) keel laying Press Photo

Photograph

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Battleship Texas Foundation

Front of 2023.1001.20

Front of 2023.1001.20

Name/Title

Texas (CGN-39) keel laying Press Photo

Entry/Object ID

2023.1001.20

Description

Four people in front of Texas flag decal. Flag reads: "KEEL LAYING OF THE NUCLEAR POWERED FRIGATE DLGN 39," and the back dates the photograph to 8/73 (August 1973)

Context

USS Texas (CGN-39) was the 3rd ship named USS Texas. She was a Virginia-class nuclear guided-missile cruiser commissioned from September 10, 1977, to July 16, 1993. She entered the nuclear recycling program on October 1, 1999.

Collection

eBay Purchase, Historical Collections

Made/Created

Date made

circa Aug 1973

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