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  2. Leaky battleship in Texas begins trip for $35M repairs - AOL

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    It’s the only surviving battleship that served in both world wars, having fought Nazis and the Japanese Army during World War II. But the greatest challenge in recent years for the USS Texas has ...

  3. USS Texas (BB-35) - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Battleship Texas docks in Galveston after daylong, historic tow

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  7. Talk:USS Texas (BB-35) - Wikipedia

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    Class "C" (Nickle Steel) - Mr Friedman's "Battleship" book references Class "C" OneHistoryGuy ( talk ) 07:29, 2 November 2015 (UTC) [ reply ] 3" AA guns : The number increased from 2 to 8 as of August 1921, per the armament page of the BB35 deck log.

  8. USS Texas - Wikipedia

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    USS Texas (1892) was a pre-dreadnought battleship that was in commission from 1895 to 1911. 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

  9. List of battleships of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    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 Europe's navies that ignited a years-long debate that was suddenly settled in Hunt's favor when the Brazilian Empire commissioned the battleship Riachuelo.