USS New York with Battleship Division Nine

Photograph

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Battleship Texas Foundation

Front of 2023.1005.11

Front of 2023.1005.11

Name/Title

USS New York with Battleship Division Nine

Entry/Object ID

2023.1005.11

Description

Photo taken off HMS Queen Elizabeth of New York. Three other ships in the background. From right to left: HMS Manley, USS New York, USS Florida, USS Wyoming all taken from the HMS Queen Elizabeth. Bottom mislabeled New York as "Texas". Back has written in pencil, "British fleet viewing the US fleet"

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.

Collection

Donation (Ryan Flynn), Historical Collections

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