A Remembrance of the Commissioning

front cover of 2025.1014.33

front cover of 2025.1014.33

Name/Title

A Remembrance of the Commissioning

Entry/Object ID

2025.1014.33

Description

Photo album covering the commissioning of USS Texas (CGN-39). First page titled "A Remembrance of the Commissioning" "From your Texas friends" and presented to Captain Peter B. Fiedler. Only the first thirteen pages are filled, each with varying numbers of photos, totaling forty-three.

Context

USS Texas (CGN-39) was the 3rd ship named USS Texas. She was a Virginia-class nuclear guided-missile cruiser commissioned from September 10, 1977, to July 16, 1993. She entered the nuclear recycling program on October 1, 1999. Peter Fiedler was the first captain of the nuclear cruiser USS Texas (CGN-39) from October 1975 to January 1979. He supervised construction, and took official command on September 10, 1977, when the cruiser was commissioned.

Collection

Collection (Peter B. Fiedler), Historical Collections

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Album, Photograph

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Album

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Memorabilia

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Book Details

Date Published

Sep 1977 - Jan 1979