Ship at liberty

Photograph

Battleship Texas Foundation

front of 2024.1012.9

Name/Title

Ship at liberty

Entry/Object ID

2024.1012.9

Description

Texas has several liberty boats on her port side. Canvas cover over Turret 1. Ship faced left. Shore visible in background behind ship to left and right. Back incorrectly identifies the ship as USS Utah, which never had the tripod masts featured here.

Context

Battleship Texas was flagship of the United States Fleet from September 1, 1927, to September 15, 1931. Admirals Wiley, Pratt, and Chase served as Commander-in-Chief, United States Fleet in that time.

Collection

Historical Collections, Donation (Daniel Hacker)

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1927

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