USS Nevada (BB-36)

Photograph

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

USS Nevada (BB-36)

Entry/Object ID

PC06450

Description

Aerial view of the port side of the Nevada underway at full power, forward two turrets and after turret trained to starboard, launched 11 July 1914, was torpedoed on December 7th ,1941 at Pearl Harbor, repaired and participated in Normandy Landings, June 1944, involved in Iwo Jima operation Pacific War, 16 February 1945 target vessel July 1946 at Bikini Atom bomb tests, towed to Pearl Harbor for survey of bomb damage, sunk by gunfire and aerial torpedoes off Hawaii 31 July 1948.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Black and White

Subject Person or Organization

USS Nevada (BB-36)

Collection

Postcard Collection

Made/Created

Artist

United States Navy

Studio

Unknown Organization

Date made

1914 - 1948

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-2 U.S. Navy -- Battleships