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Admiral Harold H. Christy, commander of the flagship New Mexico, San Pedro (Los Angeles), 1930

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Title: Admiral Harold H. Christy, commander of the flagship New Mexico, San Pedro (Los Angeles), 1930
Date Created and/or Issued: June 20, 1930
1930-06-20
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 Arcadia funds.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Battle Fleet Van at Anchor," Los Angeles Times, 21 June 1930: A1.
Admiral Christy will be commanding Battleship Division Four; flagship New Mexico - he formerly commanded the California and has assumed his present duty after relief by Rear-Admiral Joel R. P. Pringle as commander of Battleship Division Three.
Christy stands on the deck with his hands in his jacket pockets. Large parts of the ship are visible in the background.
Text from negative sleeve: CHRISTY, HARLEY H. ADM. 1930
Handwritten on negative: ar Admiral Harley H. Christy 6-20-30
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1655
ark:/21198/zz002dc56h
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Admirals--American--California--Los Angeles
Decks (Ships)
Military uniforms--American
Christy, Harold H., (Admiral)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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