Admiral William V. Pratt boards U.S.S. Texas for transfer of command ceremony, Los Angeles Harbor, 1931

Title: Admiral William V. Pratt boards U.S.S. Texas for transfer of command ceremony, Los Angeles Harbor, 1931
Date Created: September 15, 1931
Date: 1931-09-15
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Admiral William V. Pratt, chief of naval operations, is greeted by officers as he boards the U.S.S. Texas to speak at the transfer of command ceremony. He is pictured here wearing a black hat.
Admiral Frank H. Schofield became commander-in-chief of the United States Fleet, succeeding Admiral Jehu V. Chase on a ceremony aboard the U. S. S. Texas, just off the coast of Los Angeles Harbor.
A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, “Navy Guns Roar for Schofield,” Los Angeles Times, 16 Sept 1931: A1, 2.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Chenea, Victor Airline Executive
Handwritten on negative: Admiral Pratt (civilian) coming aboard

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Pratt, William Veazie, 1869-1957
Texas (Battleship)
Location: Los Angeles Harbor (Calif.)
Longitude: 33.734449
Latitude: -118.233036
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Ships--American--California--Los Angeles
Military officers--American--California--Los Angeles
Military personnel
Naval parades & ceremonies--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_1624
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dc440
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