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USS Texas was a pre-dreadnought battleship built by the United States in the early 1890s. The first American battleship commissioned, [ 1 ] she was built in reaction to the acquisition of modern armored warships by several South American countries, and meant to incorporate the latest developments in naval tactics and design.
The United States Navy began the construction of battleships with USS Texas in 1892, although its first ship to be designated as such was USS Indiana. Texas and USS Maine, [a] commissioned three years later in 1895, were part of the New Navy program of the late 19th century, a proposal by then Secretary of the Navy William H. Hunt to match ...
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 ...
USS Castine (PG-6) HMS Centurion (1892) USS Charles P. Kuper; SS Chicora; USED Chinook; USS Choctaw (1898) SS Choctaw; SS Christopher Columbus; USS Cincinnati (C-7) City of Ainsworth (paddle steamer) City of Taunton (ship) SS Clifton; USS Columbia (C-12) Coot (trawler) SMS Cormoran (1892) HMS Crescent (1892) Italian corvette Cristoforo Colombo ...
For a list exclusively of currently commissioned ships, see the List of current ships of the United States Navy. For ships with unique names, "USS Shipname" redirects to the ship article. For reused names, "USS Shipname" is an index page for the ships of that name; the links after the name lead to the specific ship pages.
List of United States Navy ships is a comprehensive listing of all ships that have been in service to the United States Navy during the history of that service. The US Navy maintains its official list of ships past and present at the Naval Vessel Register (NVR), [ 1 ] although it does not include early vessels.
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USS Texas (1892) Timeline of battleships of the United States Navy; Z. SMS Zrínyi This page was last edited on 1 August 2020, at 20:48 (UTC). Text is available ...