Joseph K. Taussig Jr.
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Joseph Knefler Taussig Jr. was a United States Navy officer during and after World War II, and a Navy civilian official in the 1980s. He was the great-grandson of Brigadier General Frederick Knefler,
Official photograph of Taussig as a junior officer
Taussig as civilian Defense Department employee in 1983
USS Nevada (BB-36)
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USS Nevada, the third United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class battleships. Launched in 1914, Nevada was a leap forward in dreadnought techno
Joseph K. Taussig Jr.
…attending high school in Washington D.C., Taussig entered the United States Naval Academy and graduated on February 7, 1941. He then was assigned to USS Nevada (BB-36). Taussig was the officer of the deck of USS Nevada and senior officer in charge of her anti-aircraft batteries during the Attack on Pearl Harbor on…
Nevada underway off the Atlantic coast of the United States on 17 September 1944
Division of Naval Intelligence identification sheet depicting Nevada after her 1942 repair and modernization
Nevada during her running trials in early 1916
The stern of Nevada during WWI