Name/Title
Submarines in dockEntry/Object ID
2025.1001.86Description
Entries 2025.1001.23 through 2025.1001.99 were taken out of the significantly deteriorated pages of at least one photo album belonging to Texas crew members and bought by BTF. The album photos date to the early to mid 1920s. Each photo had writing on the pages of the book, now discarded. The caption formerly on the page for this photo read,
"United States Submarines in dry-dock."
Features three submarines side by side in dry dock. Largest is the USS T-2, and the smaller two behind it are H-class.Context
Battleship Texas steamed, berthed, and operated alongside 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.
Many crew members kept photo albums that each have hundreds of photos chronicling their service onboard.
USS T-2 (SS-60) was an AA-1-class submarine commissioned from January 7, 1922, to July 16, 1923. She was scrapped in 1931.
H-class submarines were utilized during World War I and the interwar. Between 1911 and 1918 a total of nine were built and remained in commission until 1922.Collection
eBay Purchase, Historical CollectionsLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
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Category 08: Communication Objects
