NY guns turned

front of 2024.1012.1

front of 2024.1012.1

Name/Title

NY guns turned

Entry/Object ID

2024.1012.1

Description

New York sailing to left of photo. Guns turned away from camera. captioned "U.S.S. NEW YORK"

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.

Collection

Historical Collections, Donation (Daniel Hacker)

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