Flags waved on New York stern

Photograph

Battleship Texas Foundation

front of 2024.1002.34

Name/Title

Flags waved on New York stern

Entry/Object ID

2024.1002.34

Description

Sailor stands on the stern of the USS New York holding two flags. Water spouts rise in background.

Context

USS New York (BB-34) was the sister ship of USS Texas, and the lead ship of the New York-class battleships. She was commissioned from May 15, 1914, to August 29, 1946. Semaphore was a system of message sending by positioning two flags to denote letters.

Collection

Historical Collections, Donation (Ryan Flynn)

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