First Commanding Officer plaque

Object/Artifact

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Battleship Texas Foundation

Name/Title

First Commanding Officer plaque

Entry/Object ID

2025.1014.36

Description

Wooden ovular plaque with two brass plates, the top larger than the bottom. Ship's motto at top, "Proud Heritage, Proud Purpose" with starboard profile of the ship, "USS TEXAS CGN 39" and the lower plate addresses Peter Fiedler.

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

Made/Created

Date made

circa Sep 1977

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Plaque

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Organizational Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects