Feb 28, 1923 letter

first page of 2025.1019.81

first page of 2025.1019.81

Name/Title

Feb 28, 1923 letter

Entry/Object ID

2025.1019.81

Description

Addressed to his wife from Larry P. Cox. Letter sent from USS New York on February 28, 1923, when the ship was in San Francisco, California.

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. Larry P. Cox was a crew member on Battleship New York from the late 1910s through the early 1920s, likely 1917-1924. In his time on New York, Cox was a member of the ship baseball team and often wrote home to his darling.

Collection

Donation (Kyle Brillantes), Historical Collections

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Letter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects