50' utility boat with passengers

Photograph

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Battleship Texas Foundation

Front of 2023.1001.31

Front of 2023.1001.31

Name/Title

50' utility boat with passengers

Entry/Object ID

2023.1001.31

Description

Dozens of civilians on utility boat. Two life preservers with "TEXAS" on the top. Back says "a fifty ft launch full..." Christmas 1941.

Context

Battleship Texas conducted several escort missions for the Allied Powers throughout the Atlantic Ocean from December 7, 1941, to July 29, 1942.

Collection

eBay Purchase, Historical Collections

Made/Created

Date made

circa Dec 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