Cruiser Texas boot (left)

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Battleship Texas Foundation

Name/Title

Cruiser Texas boot (left)

Entry/Object ID

2025.1014.72.2

Description

One of a pair of custom boots bought by Peter Fiedler and decorated fro Cruiser Texas. The boots were worn at commissioning.

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

Boot, Cowboy

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Boot

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Footwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects