Decommission crowd

front of 2025.1008.20

front of 2025.1008.20

Name/Title

Decommission crowd

Entry/Object ID

2025.1008.20

Description

Ceremony held on deck the day Texas was decommissioned from the Navy in San Jacinto. Large crowd on deck. Back dates photo to April 21, 1948.

Context

Battleship Texas sailed to the east coast in January 1946, began preparation for deactivation and donation to the State of Texas on February 13, and was in the U.S. Reserve Fleet from June 18, 1946, to April 21, 1948. She was decommissioned at San Jacinto State Park.

Collection

Donation (Ryan Flynn), Historical Collections

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1948

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