Starboard profile while sailing

Photograph

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Battleship Texas Foundation

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Name/Title

Starboard profile while sailing

Entry/Object ID

2025.1024.2

Description

Starboard side of Battleship Texas sailing through the ocean on August 14, 1944. Top of foremast and stern marked with a flat line and "V" shape above. Marked on back with measurements, stamp dating the image, and ""Texas"...U.S.S."

Context

Battleship Texas began preparations for Operation “Dragoon,” the invasion of Southern France, on July 5, 1944. She departed Taranto for Provence on August 11, supported the landings from August 15 to August 17, and returned to Palermo on August 18, 1944.

Collection

Historical Collections

Made/Created

Date made

circa Aug 14, 1944

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