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Cruise of the Flagship, United States Fleet U.S.S. Texas: 8 January to 27 June, 1928

Map showing the route taken by the U.S.S. Texas between January and June 1928, starting from the Navy yard in New York City, making stops in the Caribbean, up the west coast to San Francisco, and west to Hawaii. A table in the lower-left lists each leg of the route with dates and stops.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Map

Location: None

Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

[Photograph of a Sailor on Board the U.S.S. Texas]

Photograph of a sailor leaning against a pallet of large objects. One of the ship's large guns is situated right behind the sailor. The center mast is also directly behind the sailor.

Date: 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

[Photograph of Admiral Henry A. Wiley and Rear Admiral Butler]

Photograph of Admiral Henry A. Wiley sitting at a table reading a note, with Rear Admiral Butler sitting next to him. According to a handwritten note on the back of the photo, it was taken on U.S.S. Texas.

Date: January 5, 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

[Photograph of Admiral Wiley on Board the Ship]

Photograph of Admiral Wiley standing on the deck of a ship. Wiley was the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Fleet at the time of this photo in 1928. The two large gun turrets are directly behind the admiral.

Date: [1928..1929]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

[Photograph of American Flag on U.S.S. Texas]

Photograph of an American flag flying on U.S.S. Texas, with another ship in the distance behind it. A handwritten note on the photo says "Underway at Hampton Roads, Va."

Date: 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

[Photograph of Captain Defrees on the U.S.S. Texas]

Photograph of Captain Defrees standing against the edge of the deck on the U.S.S. Texas. Befrees is wearing his black dress uniform for this photo.

Date: 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

[Photograph of Joseph Rallie Defrees at His Desk]

Photograph of Joseph Rallie Defrees sitting down at his desk. Defrees is wearing a nice suit with a pocket watch in this picture. The caption on the picture hanging on the wall reads: "The Navy Yards of the United States."

Date: January 4, 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

[Photograph of Rear Admiral Butler]

Photograph of Rear Admiral Butler standing on the deck of the U.S.S. Texas. Butler is wearing his black dress uniform for this picture.

Date: [1928..1929]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

[Photograph of the U.S.S. Baseball Team in 1928]

Photograph of the U.S.S. Texas baseball team from 1928. There are 21 men on this team, and they are broken up into one group sitting and one group standing behind them; "Texas" is written on the front of their uniforms.

Date: [1928..1929]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

[Photograph of the U.S.S. Texas Baseball Team]

Photograph of the U.S.S. Texas baseball team from 1928.

Date: 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

[Photograph of U.S.S. Texas]

Photograph of of U.S.S. Texas in the water behind three other ships in the distance.

Date: 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

[Photograph of U.S.S. Texas Catapult]

Photograph of the catapult on U.S.S. Texas, seen from above with the ocean in the background.

Date: 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

[Photograph of U.S.S. Texas Deck]

Photograph of the deck of U.S.S. Texas seen from the mast.

Date: 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

[Photograph of U.S.S. Texas Entering Havana Harbor]

Photograph of U.S.S. Texas in the water with men standing on the deck. A note below the photo says "Havana Cuba - An aeroplane view of the U.S.S. Texas Steaming into Havana harbor with the Presidential party on board to attend the Pan-American congress."

Date: January 17, 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

[Photograph of U.S.S. Texas Night Firing]

Photograph of U.S.S. Texas guns firing at night.

Date: 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

[Photograph of U.S.S. Texas President's Quarters Preparation]

Photograph of a man making a bed in a small room on U.S.S. Texas. A note accompanying the photo describes the scene: "New York - Photo shows Felix Vergunia, steward of the U.S.S. Texas preparing the beds in the ship's quarters to be used by President Coolidge on his trip to Cuba to attend the Pan American Conference. The battleship is being made ready at the Navy yard here."

Date: January 2, 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

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