Night Maneuvers Scouting Fleet

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Name/Title

Night Maneuvers Scouting Fleet

Entry/Object ID

2024.1032.313

Description

From a donated collection of individual photographs and pages out of a Texas crewmember's photo album. Items donated by the Los Angeles Maritime Museum. Features the silhouette of Texas at sunset with writing, "Night Maneuvers Scouting Fleet," on the bottom left.

Context

Battleship Texas was flagship of the United States Fleet from September 1, 1927, to September 15, 1931. Admirals Wiley, Pratt, and Chase served as Commander-in-Chief, United States Fleet in that time. Clarence C. Clifton enlisted on August 2, 1926, and joined the crew of Battleship Texas on October 12, 1926, as a S2c. He was promoted to S1c in the summer of 1927 and remained stationed on Texas through 1930. Many crew members kept photo albums that each have hundreds of photos chronicling their service onboard.

Collection

Collection (Clarence C. Clifton), Historical Collections

Made/Created

Date made

1926 - 1930

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