USS Cresent City (AP-40) (APA-21)

Name/Title

USS Cresent City (AP-40) (APA-21)

Entry/Object ID

PC06498

Description

Starboard side view of the Cresent City underway on slow bell, booms rigged to handle boats and cargo, launched 17 February 1940, on 1 February 1943 reclassified as (APA-21), carried troops and supplies during the Guadacanal operation and the Okinawa operations, decommissioned 3 September 1948.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Black and White

Collection

Postcard Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Source, Unknown

Studio

Unknown Organization

Date made

n.d.

Place

Unknown

Unknown

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-7f U.S. Navy -- AP, APA -- Navy & Army transports