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Beginning of Admiral Jehu V. Chase’s transfer of command ceremony, Los Angeles Harbor, 1931

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Title: Beginning of Admiral Jehu V. Chase’s transfer of command ceremony, Los Angeles Harbor, 1931
Date Created and/or Issued: September 15, 1931
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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 similar photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, “Navy Guns Roar for Schofield,” Los Angeles Times, 16 Sept 1931: A1, 2.
Navy officers are assembled on the deck of the U. S. S. Texas for the transfer of command ceremony of the United States Fleet at Los Angeles Harbor.
Text from negative sleeve: Chenea, Victor Airline Executive
Handwritten on negative: Chase beginning ceremony
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1628
ark:/21198/zz002dc482
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Ships--American--California--Los Angeles
Military personnel
Military officers--American--California--Los Angeles
Naval parades & ceremonies--California--Los Angeles County
Chase, Jehu V., (Jehu Valentine), 1869-1937
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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