Tugs escort Texas in harbor

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Name/Title

Tugs escort Texas in harbor

Entry/Object ID

2026.1020.7

Description

Battleship Texas flanked by three tugs as she sails in harbor.

Context

Battleship Texas had her keel laid at Newport News Shipbuilding on April 17, 1911, launched on May 18, 1912, and commissioned on March 12, 1914. Ephriam Dickson was the executive director of Battleship Texas Foundation from June 1995 to February 1999. In addition to his duties, he conducted extensive research on and heavily collected items for the crew of Battleship Texas. He later donated his collection back to BTF.

Collection

Donation (Ephriam D. Dickson), Historical Collections

Made/Created

Date made

Mar 27, 1914

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