Name/Title
The U.S.S. TEXAS in World War IIEntry/Object ID
2024.1020.1Description
Battleship Texas's WWII cruise book
Blue cover with significant wear
Owned by W. Dale Cole who served on Texas throughout the whole of WWIIContext
Weaver D. Cole enlisted on June 14, 1939, and later joined the crew of Battleship Texas as an apprentice seaman on September 9, 1939. He made MM2c on May 1, 1941, MM1c on February 1, 1942, Chief Machinist Mate on March 31, 1943, and departed from her crew on September 15, 1944.
The United States Ship Texas * in World War II is a pictorial review of the accomplishments of Battleship Texas from her neutrality patrols in 1941 to the Japanese surrender. The book was published by the officers and men of her last cruise during the war.
Cruise books are not official Navy publications, and operate similar to a yearbook complete with photographs from that ships cruise.Collection
Historical CollectionsLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Album, PhotographNomenclature Primary Object Term
AlbumNomenclature Sub-Class
MemorabiliaNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
