Name/Title
Fleet convoyEntry/Object ID
2024.1032.25Description
From a donated collection of individual photographs and pages out of a 1930s Texas crewmember's photo album. Items donated by the Los Angeles Maritime Museum. LAMM accession numbers (featured on back) correspond to BTF accession numbers
FA2010.3698.01 is cataloged as 2024.1032.1 and on through the collection.
Five destroyers off starboard aft. Nearest ship identified at USS Melvin (DD-335). Pennsylvania class battleship in background, and likely the platform the photograph was taken from as well. Officers line the edge of the deck.Context
Battleship Texas steamed, berthed, and operated alongside hundreds of ships from the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and other fleets across the globe throughout her time in commission from 1914 to 1948.
Clarence C. Clifton enlisted on August 2, 1926, and joined the crew of Battleship Texas on October 12, 1926, as a S2c. He was promoted to S1c in the summer of 1927 and remained stationed on Texas through 1930.
Many crew members kept photo albums that each have hundreds of photos chronicling their service onboard.
Clemson-class destroyers were heavily utilized in the interwar period and World War II. Between 1918 and 1922 a total of one hundred fifty-six were built and remained in commission globally until 1948.Collection
Collection (Clarence C. Clifton), 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
