Name/Title
USS ReliefEntry/Object ID
2025.1001.97Description
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. Relief, Hospital Ship.” With writing on the top of the photo spelling out the same.
Features many sailors on edge of deck looking out at ship in the distance.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 Relief (AH-1) was the first purpose-built hospital ship in the US Navy, and commissioned from December 28, 1920, to June 11, 1946. She was sold for scrap on March 23, 1948.Collection
eBay Purchase, Historical CollectionsLexicon
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
