1979-80 Cruise Book

cover of 2025.1014.10

cover of 2025.1014.10

Name/Title

1979-80 Cruise Book

Entry/Object ID

20225.1014.10

Description

Cruise book of Cruiser Texas' 1979-1980 deployment. Dark cover with ship emblem in the bottom right of the cover. The book has slight water damage on the interior.

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. Peter Fiedler was the first captain of the nuclear cruiser USS Texas (CGN-39) from October 1975 to January 1979. He supervised construction, and took official command on September 10, 1977, when the cruiser was commissioned.

Collection

Collection (Peter B. Fiedler), Historical Collections

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Book Details

Date Published

circa 1980