Name/Title
Guided Missile Frigate postcardEntry/Object ID
2026.1008.1Description
A postcard displaying the original hull number of USS Texas, DLGN-39 instead of CGN-39. Ship specifications and expected dates of completion on the back.
Envelope: bears the original hull designation of Texas, DLGN-39 rather than CGN-39. Envelope decorated for the keel laying of Texas.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.
Louis A. Nick Jr. was assigned to the Pre-commissioning Unit on USS Texas (CGN-39) from August 1975 to September 10, 1977. After completing school at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, he oversaw the construction of her nuclear plants. Nick was later temporarily reassigned to Texas from August 1979 to December 1979 as her chief engineer officer.
Neil Brennan was the captain of USS Texas (CGN-39) from May 1991 to July 1993. He was the cruiser’s last commanding officer and witnessed the ship’s decommissioning on July 16, 1993.Collection
Collection (Louis A. Nick Jr.)Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Postcard, PictureNomenclature Primary Object Term
PostcardNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing MediaNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication
