U.S.S. Texas in Dry Dock

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

U.S.S. Texas

Name/Title

U.S.S. Texas in Dry Dock

Entry/Object ID

2005.019.03

Description

Battleship U.S.S. Texas in dry dock at Charleston Navy Yard. Navy Yard building in background, right.

Collection

Zacharias Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2005.019.

Source or Donor

John R. Zacharias

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Darlene and John Zacharias, Great-Nephew of Harry Zacharias

Made/Created

Artist

Bahr, D. H. (David H.)

Date made

circa 1908

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

On matte below photograph

Transcription

U.S.S. Texas, 1st Battle Ship to Enter Dry Dock Navy Yard Charleston S.C.

Location

On corner of photograph

Transcription

Photo by D.H. Bahr

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Ships

Search Terms

Marine scenes, Lowcountry Digital Library, Texas (Second class battleship), Battleships--South Carolina--Charleston--Photographs, Charleston Naval Shipyard--Photographs, Dry docks--South Carolina--Charleston--Photographs, Naval yards and naval stations--South Carolina--Charleston--Photographs, Boats and boating

Dimensions

Height

9-1/2 in

Width

7-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Photo measures 9½" x 7¾"; matted to a total dimension of 14" x 12".

Location

Container

PhotoBox 3

Shelf

AV Materials

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

Missroon/Archives/AV Materials

Copyright

Copyright Details

Public domain.

General Notes

Note Type

In-House Note

Note

Photocopy provided to SC Historical Society, 10/4/2005; SC State Museum, 10/14/2005; and Naval Historical Society, 10/14/2005. Source data in Library of Congress Authority record states that this ship, a second class battleship, was the 1st of the name; laid down 1889 at Portsmouth, Va., comm. 1895; N. Atlantic Squadron in Spanish Amer. War, off Cuba; served as flagship of Coast Squadron until 1905; by 1908 had become stationary ship at Charleston, S.C.; in 1911 name changed to San Marcos [no publs. in LC data base] to allow name Texas to be assigned to Battleship No. 35; struck from Navy list in 1911 and used as a target in the Chesapeake Bay). Info from Fritz Hamer, SC State Museum: The Texas here is the first battleship built by the US Navy in 1889 or 1890. It saw action in the Spanish American War off Santiago, Cuba (1898). Later it was the station ship for the CNY from 1908 until 1911 when it was struck from the Navy list and a new battleship took its name. This picture has some important relationship with the early Navy Yard.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

October 3, 2005

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

July 3, 2023