Ship notes

front of 2025.1018.8.1

front of 2025.1018.8.1

Name/Title

Ship notes

Entry/Object ID

2025.1018.8

Scope and Content

Five separate pages of notes on ships written, collected, and kept by Charles Pratt in the mid 1930s. 1: Notes headed with "HUMAYTA" and details construction in 1927, and the ship's specifications. Back has printed memo from New London. 2: High-speed two-stroke machinery notes. Printout is glued into notebook page. Back page is blank. 3: Notes for construction of Ceara, completed in 1916. Back page is blank. 4: Notes on front are a glued-on page from an English magazine about a Brazilian training ship. Back has the same piece continued, also glued on. 5: Continued printout from 2025.1018.8.4

Context

Charles Pratt was an ensign onboard Battleship Texas for a brief time in 1921 and would continue to serve in the Navy until 1942. He collected much throughout his military life and beyond.

Collection

Collection (Charles R. Pratt), Historical Collections

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Note

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects