USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)

Photograph

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)

Entry/Object ID

PC06445

Description

Port side view of the Pennsylvania, at anchor, gang way rigged on port side loading personnel into a launch, one launch moored to forward boat boom, small boats moored to after quarter boat boom, two star admiral flag flying at peak of after main mast, launched 16 March 1915, damaged during Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 Japanese attack, repaired , extensive war time operations in Pacific area, target vessel at Bikini Bomb Blasts, stricken from Navy List June 1946 and sunk off Kwajalein in 1946.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Black and White

Collection

Postcard Collection

Made/Created

Artist

United States Navy

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-2 U.S. Navy -- Battleships