Watching USS New York

front of 2024.1026.5

front of 2024.1026.5

Name/Title

Watching USS New York

Entry/Object ID

2024.1026.5

Description

Men gather near crane looking to left of photo. Captioned, "The Texas Crew Watching New York Firing Long Range Practice, 1922 -Long-"

Context

Battleship Texas participated in various fleet maneuvers and exercises in the Atlantic Ocean (1919) and later Pacific Ocean from July 1919 through January 1924. Beginning in February 1923, maneuvers became known as Fleet Problems, which continued to 1939. 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. Joseph Nemanic and John Dergantz collected photos throughout their time as Marines onboard Texas in the early 1920s.

Collection

Collection (Joseph Nemanic & John Dergantz), Historical Collections

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1922

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