Name/Title
row of palm treesEntry/Object ID
2024.1032.392Description
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 a row of palm trees in the foreground and a row of three ships in the background. The central of three ships is a Tennessee-class battleship.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.
USS Tennessee (BB-43) was the lead ship of her class of battleship, and commissioned from June 3, 1920, to February 14, 1947. She was broken up in 1959.
USS California (BB-44) was a Tennessee-class battleship commissioned from August 10, 1921, to February 14, 1947. She was broken up in 1959.Collection
Collection (Clarence C. Clifton), Historical CollectionsLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
