Location: Los Angeles Harbor (Calif.) / Names: Texas (Battleship) / Subject: Military officers--American--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: 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.
Date:: September 15, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
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.
Date:: September 15, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: 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.
Date:: September 15, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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