Name/Title
Number 4 turret firingEntry/Object ID
2025.1001.64Description
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,
"One of the turrets letting go" and a caption on the bottom of the photo itself "Number Four Turret Firing"
Features turrets 3-5, with the 4th one firing. Smoke visible on center and right of photo coming out of the barrels.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.
Many crew members kept photo albums that each have hundreds of photos chronicling their service onboard.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
