Admr. Stark & King with Sec. Knox

Photograph

Battleship Texas Foundation

front of 2026.1020.16

Name/Title

Admr. Stark & King with Sec. Knox

Entry/Object ID

2026.1020.16

Description

Right to left: CNO Admiral Stark (dressed in USN white uniform), Secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox (dressed in a light tan suit), and Admiral Ernest King (wearing a USN white uniform) stand in front of the bulkhead. Hanging on the bulkhead on the starboard main deck is a plaque commemorating the ship's service in the World War.

Context

Battleship Texas participated in various neutrality patrols and escort missions in the North Atlantic Ocean from November 1939 to December 7, 1941. Ephriam Dickson was the executive director of Battleship Texas Foundation from June 1995 to February 1999. In addition to his duties, he conducted extensive research on and heavily collected items for the crew of Battleship Texas. He later donated his collection back to BTF.

Collection

Donation (Ephriam D. Dickson), Historical Collections

Made/Created

Date made

Mar 1941

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