U.S.S. New York San Diego, Aug 7/19

Photograph

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

PC00450: Origsize: 3 1/2 X 5 1/2"; Resolution: 200dpi
PC00450

Origsize: 3 1/2 X 5 1/2"; Resolution: 200dpi

Name/Title

U.S.S. New York San Diego, Aug 7/19

Entry/Object ID

PC00450

Description

B&W postcard view of the portside of the USS New York (BB-40) anchored in San Diego using port anchor flying US Colors at stern staff and Union Jack at bow staff, flying admiral flag at peak on foremast, gangway rigged on starboard quarter small boats lying off fantail, boat boom rigged on port side amidships, launched 30 October 1948, struck from Navy List 13 July 1948 after being heavily damaged as a target vessel in the 1946 Bikini Atoll Bomb test.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Black and White

Collection

Postcard Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Maritime Museum of San Diego

Studio

Unknown Organization

Date made

1912 - 1948

Place

Bay

San Diego Bay

County

San Diego County

Region

Southern California

State/Province

California

Country

USA

Continent

North America

Ocean

California Coast, West Coast of North America, Eastern North Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean, World Ocean

Notes

Date: Aug. 1919

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Search Terms

Postcard, III-A-2 U.S. Navy -- Battleships