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Texas was the first U.S. battleship to become a permanent museum ship; she was turned over to the state of Texas on 21 April 1948 as a permanent museum in Houston. [ A 3 ] [ 8 ] In 1976 she became the first battleship to be declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark , [ 10 ] and is the only remaining World War I era dreadnought battleship.
USS Texas (BB-35) is a New York-class dreadnought battleship that was in commission from 1914 to 1948. In 1948, she was decommissioned and immediately became a museum ship near Houston. USS Texas (CGN-39) was in commission from 1977 to 1993. She was the second Virginia-class nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser. USS Texas (SSN-775) was ...
On USS Texas (BB-35), as of 2024 docked in Galveston, Texas. Texas has 9 out of 10 of her original 14-inch gun barrels that served on her from 1914 to 1923. These nine guns served with Pennsylvania from 1925 to 1940. They were refurbished, relined, and reinstalled on Texas in late 1944.
USS Texas (BB-35) was a New York-class battleship, and was (see the repetition too close in the same sentence: was ... and was) the second ship of the United States Navy named to honor Texas, the 28th state. Texas' keel was laid down on 17 April 1911 at
Category: Museum ships in Texas. 3 languages. ... USS Tautog (SSN-639) USS Texas (BB-35) This page was last edited on 23 January 2021, at 05:26 (UTC) ...
The dreadnoughts, BB-26 South Carolina through BB-35 Texas, commissioned between 1910 and 1914, uniformly possessed twin turrets, introduced the superimposed turret arrangement that would later become standard on all battleships, and had relatively heavy armor and moderate speed (19–21 knots, 35–39 km/h, 22–24 mph). Five of the ten ships ...
Texas was the first battleship memorial museum in the US. [8] When the battleship was presented to the State of Texas, she was commissioned as the flagship of the Texas Navy. [8] On 31 August 2022, Texas was towed from her berth at San Jacinto to Gulf Copper Dry Dock & Rig Repair in Galveston for extensive repairs. She is not expected to return ...
Six guns preserved on USS Texas (BB-35) near Houston, Texas One Mark 8 gun (Four Lakes #1205) at Trumbo Point , Key West, Florida (part of Naval Air Station Key West) One gun (Unk. mfr. #1093L2) at the Ropkey Armor Museum , Crawfordsville, Indiana (previously on USS Arizona (BB-39) and allegedly on USS Indiana (BB-1) at some time)