Clearing Ship for Action

front of 2024.1002.35

front of 2024.1002.35

Name/Title

Clearing Ship for Action

Entry/Object ID

2024.1002.35

Description

Men work along the deck near ships edge. Stack of wood in foreground on left.

Context

USS New York (BB-34) was the sister ship of USS Texas, and the lead ship of the New York-class battleships. She was commissioned from May 15, 1914, to August 29, 1946. She participated in the nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll on June 1, 1946, and was sunk as a target ship on June 6, 1946.

Collection

Historical Collections, Donation (Ryan Flynn)

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