The Torpedo That Came Back

Photograph

Battleship Texas Foundation

front of 2024.1001.170

Name/Title

The Torpedo That Came Back

Entry/Object ID

2024.1001.170

Description

Three men face camera surrounding torpedo on main deck. Several other men surrounding torpedo in background. Caption "The Torpedo That Came Back" Practice torpedo fired by destroyer flotilla according to E.B. Potter’s biography of Admiral Halsey. Photo used to be in a photo album and was torn out. Writting on back (possible letter) is obscured by the black paper glued to the photo.

Context

Battleship Texas participated in various fleet maneuvers and exercises in the Atlantic Ocean (1919) and later Pacific Ocean from July 1919 through January 1924. Beginning in February 1923, maneuvers became known as Fleet Problems, which continued to 1939.

Collection

eBay Purchase, Historical Collections

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