Name/Title
USS MississippiEntry/Object ID
2025.1001.99Description
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,
“U.S.S. Mississippi making a nose dive,” with a caption on the top of the photo writing out “USS Mississippi”
Features bow of Texas sailing on intercept path of USS Mississippi.Context
Battleship Texas participated in various fleet maneuvers and exercises in the Atlantic Ocean (1919) and later Pacific Ocean from July 1919 through January 1924. Beginning in February 1923, maneuvers became known as Fleet Problems, which continued to 1939.
Battleship Texas steamed, berthed, and operated with 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 Mississippi (BB-41) was a New Mexico-class battleship commissioned from December 18, 1917, to September 17, 1956. She was broken up in 1957.Collection
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Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
