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Lattice masts, or cage masts, or basket masts, are a type of observation mast common on United States Navy major warships in the early 20th century. They are a type of hyperboloid structure , whose weight-saving design was invented by the Russian engineer Vladimir Shukhov .
USS Texas (BB-35) is a museum ship in Galveston and former United States Navy New York-class battleship. She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914. She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914.
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 ...
Hyperboloid mast towers were on the USS Oklahoma, under way during her sea trials, in "Popular Mechanics" Magazine, March 1916. Hyperboloid towers of USS Oklahoma , 1920. Hyperboloid mast towers were on the USS West Virginia , in San Francisco Bay circa 1934, prior to refitting in 1942–1944.
But the greatest challenge in recent years for the USS Texas has been a leaky, rusty hull that at times forced workers to pump out about 2,000 gallons (7,570 liters) of water per minute from the ...
The US were the only significant users of lattice masts. Eventually, these structures proved less structurally sound than intended. On January 15, 1918, USS Michigan had a lattice mast collapse in an intense storm. Beginning in the 1930s, the US Navy started refitting their battleships and other capital ships with the more robust tripod mast ...
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.
Guyed steel lattice mast 61 Sabotage Two towers collapsed KXEO/KWWR-Tower, Mexico, MO, US August 23, 2000: Guyed steel lattice mast 123 Storm Linquan Radio & TV Transmitting Station (old), Linquan, Fuyang, Anhui, China: January 1, 2001: Guyed steel lattice tower 103 [19] Structural failure during dismantling