Artifacts of the USS Nevada Given to Nevada State Museum in 1946

From the March 3, 2016, Nevada Appeal "Past Pages for Thursday, March 3, 2016."

70 YEARS AGO

"Other items from the USS Nevada, according to Judge Clark J. Guild, chairman of the board of directors of the state museum, include a silver service, bell, nameplate of the USS Nevada, a magnesium chest and a plaque bearing the names of the captains who commanded the ship.

"The chest was made by the Basic Magnesium Plant near Las Vegas in 1944."

The USS Nevada was about to be decommissioned and used in the atomic tests.

--GreGen