Captain ball cap

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Battleship Texas Foundation

front of 2025.1014.40

front of 2025.1014.40

Name/Title

Captain ball cap

Entry/Object ID

2025.1014.40

Description

Black ball cap with "CAPTAIN" over golden wreaths in an oval. Bill has Edges in gold wreathing, and a white circle with Puerto Rican flag in the middle (likely meant to be US flag).

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

Made/Created

Date made

Sep 1977 - Jan 1979

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Hat

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Headwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects