Photograph of the Marker Memorializing the Ship U.S.S. Oregon, Yokosuka, Japan, 1957

Photograph

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Springfield History Museum

Name/Title

Photograph of the Marker Memorializing the Ship U.S.S. Oregon, Yokosuka, Japan, 1957

Entry/Object ID

1996.057.003

Description

The ship was sold as scrap to Japan. Undated. Marker reads: In Memory of a Gallant Ship, U.S.S. Oregon, 1896-1919 This section of anchor chain from the historic U.S.S. Oregon was presented to the U.S. Naval Base at Yokosuka, Japan through the generosity of Ryozo Hiranuma, the mayor of Yokohama, in cooperation with Lionel M. Summers, U.S. Consul General, Yokohama. Presented on 26 February 1957. Scanned image, 300 ppi, Tif format, on disk 30

Collection

Graydon Lewis Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

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

military

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Width

9-1/2 in

Web Links and URLs

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Copyright

Type of License

Copyright Not Evaluated, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Copyright Details

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